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Frequency: 1741
JLPT N1
Grade 8

Meanings

chief
count
earl
uncle
Brazil

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ハク
Nanori — Specialized readings used in names
いき
えき
ひろ

Common Words

伯父さん
叔父さん
小父さん
オジサン
オジさん
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #3182
1

Honorific; Familiar; 伯父さん is older than one's parent and 叔父さん is younger

uncle

2

Familiar; Usu. 小父さん or おじさん; vocative

old man; mister

3

Usu. オジサン

manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

伯母さん
叔母さん
Noun
Honorific
Usually kana
Freq #4090
1

Familiar; 伯母さん is older than one's parent and 叔母さん is younger

aunt

Examples
叔母さんを訪ねた時はすごいごちそうだったね。
What a feast we had when we visited my aunt!
くしゃく
Noun
Freq #8142
1

count; earl

伯父
くふ (伯父)
くふ (叔父)
Noun
Freq #8332
1

伯父 or 叔父 respectively can mean older or younger than one's parent

uncle

Examples
おじさんがぼくにカメラをくれました。
My uncle gave me a camera.
いまおじの家に滞在しています。
I'm now staying at my uncle's.
叔母ちゃん
小母ちゃん
おばちゃん
Noun
Freq #9090
1

auntie; older woman

Noun
Freq #10351
1

count; earl

2

Historical term

chief official of the Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system)

3

Abbreviation

Brazil

伯母
くぼ (伯母)
くぼ (叔母)
Noun
Freq #11459
1

伯母 can mean older and 叔母 can mean younger than one's parent

aunt

Examples
私の伯母は、無料ハワイ旅行に当たった。
My aunt won an all-expenses-paid tour of Hawaii.
その姪は彼女の叔母さんのように見えます。
The niece looks like her aunt.
叔父ちゃん
伯父ちゃん
小父ちゃん
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #21083
1

Familiar

middle-aged man; uncle

はくしゃくふじん
Noun
Freq #22436
1

countess

伯林
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #28570
1

Berlin (Germany)

Examples
ベルリンの壁が崩壊したのは1989年のことだった。
It was in 1989 that the Berlin Wall was taken down.
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