Illustration: An elderly woman with neatly pinned gray hair and a lined, lively face sits at a low table making dumplings with her adult daughter and young grandchild. The grandmother's practiced fingers have formed a neat row, while the child's latest dumpling resembles a lumpy little creature.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

おばあさん

obaasan

grandmother

It can also mean an old woman. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれのおばあさんは元気げんきそうです。

    His grandmother looks healthy.

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  2. トムのおばあさんは元気げんきそうですよ。

    Tom’s grandmother looks healthy.

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  3. 先週せんしゅう、おばあさんは８１歳さいになった。

    Last week my grandmother turned 81 years old.

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