How to say grandmother in Japanese

おばあさんobaasanおばーさんoba-sanirr.オバアサンOBAASANおバアさんoBAAsanオバーサンOBAASANおバーさんoBAAsan

noun:

  • grandmother - usu. お祖母さん 祖母さん
  • old woman; female senior citizen - usu. お婆さん 婆さん

Example Sentences

祖母sobono遺灰nokohaiha寺院jiinni置かれたokareta骨壷kotsutsuboni入っているhaitteiru
Grandmother's ashes are in an urn at the temple.
今日kyouhaばーさんba-sannoお使いotsukaiwo兼ねてkanetemachide買い物kaimono
Today I'm shopping in town as well as running an errand for my grandmother.
日本人nipponjin離れbanareしたshitaこのkono美しいutsukushii相貌soubouからkaramoわかるwakaruようにyouni優奈yuunaha実はjitsuha生粋のkissuino日本人nipponjinじゃないjanai西洋人seiyoujinwoおばあちゃんobaachanni持つmotsuクォーターKUOOTAAだったりdattariするsuru
As you can also tell from these beautiful, far from Japanese, looks, Yuna is not pure-blood Japanese. She's a quarter-blood with a westerner as grandmother.
bokuhaおばあちゃんobaachannoiewo訪ねたtazunetaんだnda
I visited my grandmother's house.
母系bokeino祖母sobohaそのsono旧式のkyuushikinoドレスDORESUwo着るkiruことkotoni固執koshitsuするsuru
My maternal grandmother persists in wearing that old-fashioned dress.

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