Suffice to say it's can use as Mr or Ms for English tongue as well instead of just can be mean as big/elder brother/sister, it would be a lot of sense in most Asian countries to say that way since there's similarity calling those words
Suffice to say it's can use as Mr or Ms for English tongue as well instead of just can be mean as big/elder brother/sister, it would be a lot of sense in most Asian countries to say that way since there's similarity calling those words
Has I understand it, older (but still young-ish) women are often called Onee-san. Older still and they're called Oba-san (Aunt). I imagine that Onii-san and Oji-san apply too.
Don't take my word for it though. The source of my knowledge of Japanese culture consists of anime/manga and web searches.