Illustration: At a low kitchen table, an older woman teaches her grandson to shape rice balls with damp hands. His enormous lopsided attempt makes her laugh, while his father brings over a tray of neatly finished ones.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

祖そ母ぼ

sobo

grandmother

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは祖母そぼが大好だいすきです。

    I love my grandmother very much.

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  2. 祖母そぼはゆっくり話はなす。

    My grandmother speaks slowly.

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  3. 祖母そぼは先週病気せんしゅうびょうきになった。

    My grandmother became sick last week.

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Kanji in 祖母

  • 祖ancestor; pioneerOnソ
  • 母motherOnボKunはは・も

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