Illustration: At a family gathering, two boys kneel together building a railway across the grandparents’ tatami room. Behind each boy sits his own pair of parents; the two mothers are visibly identical twins wearing different everyday clothes.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

いとこ

itoko

male cousin

従兄弟 specifies a male cousin. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしには弁護士べんごしのいとこがいる。

    I have a cousin who is a lawyer.

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  2. いとこの間柄あいだがらです。

    We are cousins.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれは私わたしのいとこでない。

    He isn’t my cousin.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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