Illustration: In a family living room, a child persuades a visiting uncle to crawl into a blanket fort while the child's father holds up its sagging roof. The uncle and father share distinctive broad eyebrows, but the father appears older.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

叔父おじさん

ojisan

uncle

叔父さん specifies an uncle younger than one’s parent. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 叔父おじさんは明日青森あしたあおもりに出張しゅっちょうです。

    My uncle has a business trip to Aomori tomorrow.

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  2. トムおじさんは母ははの弟おとうとだ。

    Uncle Tom is my mother’s brother.

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  3. 叔父おじさんは若わかくないが健康けんこうです。

    My uncle is not young, but healthy.

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Kanji in 叔父

  • 叔uncle; youthOnシュク
  • 父fatherOnフKunちち

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