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親祖おやNounFreq #915
1

親 only

parent; parents; mother and father

Examples
アナは、親が知らないうちに結婚した。
Anna married without the knowledge of her parents.
2

親 only; Card games; Mahjong

dealer; banker

3

founder; inventor

4

親 only

(pet) owner

5

親 only; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

key; parent (organization); main

6

ancestor; forefather

祖父そふじじじいおおじおじそぶNounFreq #4142
1

grandfather

Examples
我々は祖父の名前を息子に名付けた。
We named my son after my grandfather.
2

おおじ only

old man

3

おおじ only

kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

おばあちゃんお婆ちゃんお祖母ちゃんNounUsually kanaFreq #4693
1

Familiar

granny; grandma; gran

Examples
あの人たちは私のことをおばあちゃんだと言う。
They say that I'm an old woman.
2

Familiar

old lady; old woman

先祖せんぞNounFreq #6931
1

ancestor; forefather; foremother

Examples
ある出来事を記念したり先祖の伝説を伝えるために建てられたものであった。
They were erected to commemorate a certain event or to tell an ancestral legend.
祖母そぼばばおおばおばうばNounFreq #8435
1

grandmother

Examples
私は祖母が大好きです。
I love my grandmother very much.
じいさん爺さん祖父さんNounUsually kanaFreq #8794
1

Usu. 祖父さん; may be used after name as honorific

grandfather

2

Usu. 爺さん; may be used after name as honorific

male senior-citizen

Examples
正直じいさんは、金持ちになった。
The honest old man became rich.
祖国そこくNounFreq #12326
1

homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country

Examples
この記念碑は祖国に命を捧げた兵士を祭っている。
This monument is dedicated to the soldiers who gave their lives to their country.
ばあさん婆さん祖母さんばーさんNounUsually kanaFreq #13272
1

Usu. 祖母さん

grandmother

Examples
今日は、ばーさんのお使いを兼ねて街で買い物。
Today I'm shopping in town as well as running an errand for my grandmother.
2

婆さん

old woman; female senior citizen

Examples
「店のばーさんは、すげー愛想悪いんだけどさー」「大輝、聞こえとるぞ」「げっ・・・」
"The old lady of this shop is very unsociable but ..." "Taiki, I can hear you!" "Ack!"
祖先そせんNounFreq #14744
1

ancestor

Examples
私たちは祖先をうやまうべきだ。
We should worship our ancestors.
始祖しそNounFreq #17874
1

founder; originator; pioneer

祖父母そふぼNounFreq #18376
1

grandparents

Examples
サラは祖父母が昔話をくどくどとしゃべるのを聞くとうんざりする。
Sarah gets very bored listening to her grandparents rambling on about old times.
祖そNounFreq #19675
1

ancestor; forefather; progenitor

2

originator; pioneer; inventor; founder

3

Orig. meaning

grandfather

おじいちゃんお爺ちゃんお祖父ちゃんNounUsually kanaFreq #8299
1

Familiar

grandpa; granddad

Examples
私のおじいちゃんは大工です。
My grandfather is a carpenter.
おじいさんお祖父さんお爺さんNounUsually kanaFreq #8895
1

Usu. お祖父さん when written with kanji

grandfather

Examples
おじいさんは少し耳が遠いんだ。
My grandfather is a bit hard of hearing.
2

Usu. お爺さん when written with kanji

male senior-citizen; old man

Examples
おじいさんはその木の人形をピノキオと名づけました。
The old man named the wooden doll Pinocchio.
おばあさんお祖母さんお婆さんNounUsually kanaFreq #10289
1

Usu. お祖母さん when written with kanji

grandmother

Examples
ジョンのおばあさんは長い間病に伏せていたが、亡くなった。
John's grandmother passed away after a long illness.
2

Usu. お婆さん when written with kanji

old woman; female senior citizen

Examples
お祖母さんが座布団の上にちんまりとすわっていました。
The old woman was snugly sitting on a cushion.
じいちゃん爺ちゃん祖父ちゃんNounUsually kanaFreq #11887
1

Familiar

grandfather

2

male senior-citizen

ばあちゃん婆ちゃん祖母ちゃんNounUsually kanaFreq #11890
1

Familiar

granny; grandma; gran

2

Familiar

old lady; old woman

教祖きょうそNounFreq #25967
1

founder of a religious sect

元祖がんそNounFreq #33826
1

originator; pioneer; inventor; founder

2

progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line

開祖かいそNounFreq #35579
1

(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor

曾祖父曽祖父そうそふひいじじひじじひおおじNounFreq #39016
1

great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad

Examples
曾祖父の代から東京に住んでいます。
My family came to live in Tokyo in my great-grandfather's time.
真祖しんそNounFreq #43446
1

(in fiction) person changed into a vampire by magic

父祖ふそNounFreq #44769
1

ancestors

大叔父大伯父従祖父おおおじNounFreq #50468
1

granduncle

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