Word details

おばさん

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word おばさん.

Dictionary

Entry

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!

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

chief, count, earl, uncle, Brazil

7 strokesFrequency 1,741JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ハク

Nanori

いきえきひろ

mother

5 strokesFrequency 570JLPT N4Grade 2

On

Kun

はは

uncle, youth

8 strokesFrequency 1,950JLPT N1Grade 8

On

シュク

Nanori

よし

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