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I wish I had a cute little brother or a cool older brother.
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Vocabulary list

kawaii
i adjective
  1. cute; adorable; charming; lovely; pretty
  2. dear; precious; darling; pet
  3. innocent; childlike; childish; lovable
  4. dainty; cute little; tiny
otouto
noun
  1. younger brother; little brother; kid brother
  2. brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband)
  3. pupil; apprentice
ka
particle
  1. yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it? (used at sentence-end; indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical))
  2. or; whether or not (after each alternative)
  3. some- (e.g. something, someone) (after an interrogative)
  4. hmm; huh (indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles)
prefix
  1. very (emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective)
suffix
  1. -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y (suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; after an indeclinable word)
adverb
  1. in that way
kakkoii
i adjective (yoi/ii)
  1. attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat; with-it; groovy
oniichan
noun
  1. (one's) older brother
  2. lad; sonny (oft. vocative)
o
prefix
  1. honorific/polite/humble prefix (usu. before a term with a kun-yomi reading; おん is more formal)
niichan
noun
  1. (one's) older brother
  2. young man; sonny; lad
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
hoshii

Plain Past Indicative Form

hoshikatta
i adjective
  1. wanted; wished for; in need of; desired
auxiliary adjective
  1. I want (you) to (after the -te form of a verb)

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