Meaning of お祖母さん in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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お祖母さん, お婆さん, 御祖母さん, 御婆さんJLPT 5
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Kana Readingおばあさん
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Romajiobāsan
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- grandmother
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- female senior-citizen
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Example Sentences
お祖母さん, お婆さん, 御祖母さん, 御婆さん, おばあさん used in context
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I've heard my grandma's stories so often that I'm heartily sick of them.
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The old woman was snugly sitting on a cushion.
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I see an old woman under the tree.
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僕がおばあさんの家に急いで行ってみると、家には錠がかかっていなかった。そこで僕は家の中に入った。
I rushed to Grannie's house and it wasn't locked, so I went inside.
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She was brought up by her grandmother.
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She is going to visit her grandmother on Saturday.
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