kyodai

== English == === Etymology === From the Japanese 兄弟 (kyōdai きょうだい), from Middle Chinese 兄弟 (xüæng-dèj "brothers"), from Old Chinese 兄弟 (*m̥rang-lˁəjʔ), from 兄 ("elder brother") + 弟 ("younger brother"). === Noun === kyodai (plural kyodai) A high-ranking member of the yakuza, accountable to the shatei gashira. === See also === oyabun shatei gashira waka gashira wakashu == Japanese == === Romanization === kyodai Rōmaji transcription of きょだい