Illustration: On a residential street, a middle-aged man in an ordinary polo shirt pauses beside his bicycle to retrieve a child's ball from beneath a roadside bench. His thinning hair, slight belly, and practical shoes give him an unremarkable everyday appearance.

おじさん

ojisan

middle-aged man, mister

Here it means a man outside the family. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

変へんなおじさんが近寄ちかよってきました。
A strange man came up to us.
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隣となりの家いえのおじさん、腰こしを痛いためたみたい。
The man at the house next door seems to have hurt his back.
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あの八百屋やおやのおじさんはいつも元気げんきです。
The man at that greengrocer’s is always cheerful.
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