お祖母(ばあ)さん, お婆(ばあ)さん, 御(ご), 御(ご), おばあさん

obāsan

JLPT 5

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • grandmother
  • female senior-citizen

お祖父(じい)さん, 御(ご), お爺(じい)さん, 御(ご), おじいさん

ojiisan

JLPT 5

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • grandfather
  • male senior-citizen

親(おや), 祖(そ), おや

oya

JLPT 4

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • parent; parents
  • dealer (in cards)
  • founder
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祖父(そふ), そふ, じじ, じい, おおじ, おじ, そぶ

sofu, jiji, jii, ōji, oji, sobu

JLPT 4

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • grandfather
  • old man
  • kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

祖母(そぼ), そぼ, ばば, おおば, おば, うば

sobo, baba, ōba, oba, uba

JLPT 4

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • grandmother

祖先(そせん), そせん

sosen

JLPT 2

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • ancestor

祖国(そこく), そこく

sokoku

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • motherland; fatherland; native country

祖父母(そふぼ), そふぼ

sofubo

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • grandparents

お, おじいちゃん

ojiichan

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • grandpa; grandad

開祖(かいそ), かいそ

kaiso

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • (sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor

爺(じい)さん, 祖父(そふ), じいさん

jiisan

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • grandfather (may be used after name as honorific)
  • male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

宗祖(しゅうそ), しゅうそ

shūso

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • sect founder

爺(じい), 祖父(そふ), じいちゃん

jiichan

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • grandfather (may be used after name as honorific)
  • male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

曾祖父(そうそふ), 曽(そ), そうそふ, ひいじじ, ひじじ, ひおおじ

sōsofu, hiijiji, hijiji, hiōji

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad

父祖(ふそ), ふそ

fuso

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • ancestors

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