お祖父じいさん

おじいさん ojiisan

grandfather
male senior citizen

noun

Also written お爺さん、おじいさん

Chinese meanings

祖父；老爷爷

Examples

Furigana

おじいさんはとてもゆっくりと話はなす。
Grandfather speaks very slowly.
爷爷说话很慢。
Tatoeba #227740
おじいさんの世せ話わをする。
I take care of my grandfather.
照顾爷爷。
Tatoeba #227744

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('1b89f0f993'); // お祖父さん

{
  "id": "1b89f0f993",
  "word": "お祖父さん",
  "reading": "おじいさん",
  "romaji": "ojiisan",
  "meanings": [
    "grandfather",
    "male senior citizen"
  ],
  "level": "N5",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1002320,
  "other_forms": [
    "お爺さん",
    "おじいさん"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "おじいさんはとてもゆっくりと話す。",
      "furigana": "おじいさんはとてもゆっくりと{話|はな}す。",
      "en": "Grandfather speaks very slowly.",
      "tatoeba_id": 227740
    },
    {
      "ja": "おじいさんの世話をする。",
      "furigana": "おじいさんの{世話|せわ}をする。",
      "en": "I take care of my grandfather.",
      "tatoeba_id": 227744
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "0728352e4cff056e1f4fc00a99fcbd70650142ea1e8a106e495fd60eaef43dc8",
    "meanings": [
      "祖父；老爷爷"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "おじいさんはとてもゆっくりと話す。",
        "zh": "爷爷说话很慢。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "おじいさんの世話をする。",
        "zh": "照顾爷爷。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n5/1b89f0f993",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "9d97f1c49aee3a1e65d207989253eadb6985a109405c872d8fbcdbcebf92c6f5"
  }
}