おばあさん

obaasan

grandmother
female senior-citizen

noun

Also written お祖母さん

Chinese meanings

祖母；老奶奶

Examples

Furigana

トムのおばあさんは元げん気きそうですよ。
Tom's grandmother looks healthy.
汤姆的奶奶看起来很健康。
Tatoeba #200160
私わたしは一ひと人りのおばあさんに会あった。
I met an old woman.
我遇见了一位老奶奶。
Tatoeba #158459

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('12d9487797'); // おばあさん

{
  "id": "12d9487797",
  "word": "おばあさん",
  "reading": "おばあさん",
  "romaji": "obaasan",
  "meanings": [
    "grandmother",
    "female senior-citizen"
  ],
  "level": "N5",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1002330,
  "other_forms": [
    "お祖母さん"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "トムのおばあさんは元気そうですよ。",
      "furigana": "トムのおばあさんは{元気|げんき}そうですよ。",
      "en": "Tom's grandmother looks healthy.",
      "tatoeba_id": 200160
    },
    {
      "ja": "私は一人のおばあさんに会った。",
      "furigana": "{私|わたし}は{一人|ひとり}のおばあさんに{会|あ}った。",
      "en": "I met an old woman.",
      "tatoeba_id": 158459
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "8054f10f9e3f7ce3b54ae259defa7566c172185b0a3d87c1f029b049c2e5f110",
    "meanings": [
      "祖母；老奶奶"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "トムのおばあさんは元気そうですよ。",
        "zh": "汤姆的奶奶看起来很健康。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "私は一人のおばあさんに会った。",
        "zh": "我遇见了一位老奶奶。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n5/12d9487797",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "dec53f465aafca66da7e429eff10b2f7fc1f32b9edbd385057ea64ede14eff6b"
  }
}