お爺さん

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
じい
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
お祖父さん (grandfather)
御爺さん
御祖父さん

Pronunciation

Noun

(じい)さん (ojii-sanおぢいさん (odiisan)?

  1. old man
  2. grandfather

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN