Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of お祖母さん(おばあさん) in Japanese

お祖母さん, お婆さん, 御祖母さん, 御婆さん
JLPT 5
Kana Reading
おばあさん
Romaji
obāsan
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    grandmother
    Example sentence
    お祖母さん昔話耳にたこができるほど聞かされた I've heard my grandma's stories so often that I'm heartily sick of them.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    female senior-citizen
    Example sentence
    お祖母さん座布団ちんまりとすわっていました。 The old woman was snugly sitting on a cushion.

Examples of お祖母さん, お婆さん, 御祖母さん, 御婆さん, おばあさん in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 1

11 strokes

old woman, grandma, wet nurse

On'Yomi: バ

Kun'Yomi: ばば, ばあ

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JLPT 3

9 strokes

ancestor, pioneer, founder

On'Yomi: ソ

Kun'Yomi:

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JLPT 3

12 strokes

honorable, manipulate, govern

On'Yomi: ギョ, ゴ

Kun'Yomi: おん-, お-, み-

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JLPT 5

5 strokes

mother

On'Yomi: ボ

Kun'Yomi: はは, も

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10 strokes

On'Yomi: ソ

Kun'Yomi:

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