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Meaning of 爺さん(じいさん) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 爺さん, 祖父さん

Kana Reading じいさん

Romaji jiisan

Examples of 爺さん, 祖父さん, じいさん in a sentence

その間ずっと、じいさんの言ったことが、メロンの周りを飛び回る蠅の羽音のように、頭の中でぶんぶんと鳴っていました。

All that time the things granddad had said, like the sound of flies flying round a melon, buzzed in my head.
爺さんは酒にふけっている。

An old man indulges in drinking.
正直じいさんは、金持ちになった。

The honest old man became rich.

祖 JLPT 3

9 strokes

ancestor, pioneer, founder

On'Yomi: ソ

Kun'Yomi:

父 JLPT 5

4 strokes

father

On'Yomi: フ

Kun'Yomi: ちち

爺

13 strokes

old man, grampa

On'Yomi: ヤ

Kun'Yomi: じい, じじい, おやじ, じじ, ちち

祖

10 strokes

On'Yomi: ソ

Kun'Yomi:

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