爺婆

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
爺	婆
じじ Hyōgai	ばば Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
祖父祖母

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じじばば (Atamadaka – )^[1]
(Tokyo) じじばば (Nakadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

爺(じじ)婆(ばば) • (jijibaba) ^{←ぢぢばば (didibaba)^?}

(informal) elderly
- 1958, Bokusui Wakayama, Jumoku to sono wa 26: “Momo no Mi”‎:
  
  宿(やど)は爺(ぢぢ)婆(ばば)だけで、他(ほか)に誰(だれ)もゐなかつた。
  Yado wa jijibaba dake de, hoka ni dare mo inakatta.
  There was no one except the elderly couple in the inn.
(informal) grandparents
Synonym of 春蘭 (shunran, “noble orchid”)

Synonyms

(grandparents): 祖(そ)父(ふ)母(ぼ) (sofubo)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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