伯
伯

chief, count, earl, uncle, Brazil

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Common Words

おじさん伯父さん叔父さん小父さんオジサンオジさんNounUsually kanaFreq #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)

おばさん伯母さん叔母さんNounHonorificUsually kanaFreq #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!
伯爵はくしゃくNounFreq #8142
1

count; earl

叔父伯父おじはくふ (伯父)しゅくふ (叔父)NounFreq #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.
伯母ちゃん叔母ちゃん小母ちゃんおばちゃんNounFreq #9090
1

auntie; older woman

伯はくNounFreq #10351
1

count; earl

2

Historical term

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

3

Abbreviation

Brazil

叔母伯母おばはくぼ (伯母)しゅくぼ (叔母)NounFreq #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.
おじちゃん叔父ちゃん伯父ちゃん小父ちゃんNounUsually kanaFreq #21083
1

Familiar

middle-aged man; uncle

伯爵夫人はくしゃくふじんNounFreq #22436
1

countess

ベルリン《伯林》NounUsually kanaFreq #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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