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爺さん

祖父さん

Reading

Kana: じいさん
Romaji: jiisan
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific)

Note: usu. 祖父さん
Note: word usually written using kana alone
See also: お祖父さん
2

male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

Note: usu. 爺さん
Note: word usually written using kana alone
See also: 爺ちゃん

Kanji

Readings: ヤ、 じい、 じじい、 おやじ、 じじ、 ちち
Meanings: old man, grampa
Reading: 
Meanings: ancestor, pioneer, founder
Readings: フ、 ちち
Meaning: father

Example Sentences

(じい)さんは(さけ)にふけっている。
➥An old man indulges in drinking.
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その(かん)ずっと、じいさんの()ったことが、メロンの(まわ)りを()(まわ)(はえ)羽音(はおと)のように、(あたま)(なか)でぶんぶんと()っていました。
➥All that time the things granddad had said, like the sound of flies flying round a melon, buzzed in my head.
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正直(しょうじき)じいさんは、金持(かねも)ちになった。
➥The honest old man became rich.
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