Illustration: In a family kitchen, a gray-haired grandmother sits beside her young grandson, helping him shape an enormous rice ball between their joined hands. He leans comfortably against her side and laughs when a grain sticks to her cheek.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

ばあちゃん

baachan

grandma

Familiar; often used with お as おばあちゃん. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. あなたのおばあちゃんはどこ？

    Where’s your grandmother?

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  2. おばあちゃん、食たべましょう。

    Let’s eat, Grandma.

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  3. 僕ぼくはおばあちゃんの家いえを訪たずねたんだ。

    I visited my grandmother’s house.

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