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

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific)
Parts of speech

Meaning

male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

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.

Related Kanji

祖 JLPT 3

9 strokes

ancestor, pioneer, founder

On'Yomi: ソ

Kun'Yomi:

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父 JLPT 5

4 strokes

father

On'Yomi: フ

Kun'Yomi: ちち

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爺

13 strokes

old man, grampa

On'Yomi: ヤ

Kun'Yomi: じい, じじい, おやじ, じじ, ちち

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祖

10 strokes

On'Yomi: ソ

Kun'Yomi:

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