Illustration: During a family visit, a child hugs a visiting woman around the waist while the child's mother opens an old photograph album beside them. A large photograph shows the mother as a school-age girl holding hands with this same woman as a toddler, both recognizable from their facial features.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

叔母おば

oba

aunt

叔母 is an aunt younger than your parent; 伯母 is an older aunt. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. こちらは私わたしの叔母おばです。

    This is my aunt.

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  2. 私わたしの叔母おばは若わかく見みえる。

    My aunt looks young.

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  3. 叔母おばが私わたしにカメラをくれた。

    My aunt gave me a camera.

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Kanji in 叔母

  • 叔uncle; youthOnシュク
  • 母motherOnボKunはは・も

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