小母さん

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
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Etymology

From (o, “small” or “little”) + (ba, “mother”) + さん (san, honorific suffix)(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

小母(おば)さん (obasan

  1. aunt
  2. middle-aged lady

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