Illustration: On a Japanese apartment's living-room floor, an older man helps his small granddaughter launch a wooden spinning top. Both lean forward with matching delighted grins while the child's mother kneels beside them, rescuing a teacup from the top's path.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

祖そ父ふ

sofu

grandfather

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは先週せんしゅう祖父そふに会あった。

    I saw grandfather last week.

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  2. 祖父そふは大阪おおさかの出身しゅっしんです。

    My grandfather comes from Osaka.

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  3. 祖父そふは非常ひじょうに健康けんこうだ。

    My grandfather is very healthy.

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Kanji in 祖父

  • 祖ancestor; pioneerOnソ
  • 父fatherOnフKunちち

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