The Japanese word for grandmother is
祖母
そぼ - sobo祖-ancestor (so), 母-mother (bo)
Japanese Definition
| grandmother | |
| 1. 名詞. 祖母、おばあさん。 | |
| 2. 動詞. ～を甘やかす。 |
Translations for grandmother and their definitions
| お婆さん | |
| 1. n. old woman | |
| 2. n. grandmother |
| お婆ちゃん | |
| 1. n. granny; grandma |
| ばば | |
| 1. n. 糞, 屎: excrement, feces | |
| 2. n. 馬場: riding ground | |
| 3. n. 祖母: grandmother | |
| 4. n. 婆: old woman | |
| 5. n. 婆, ババ: (playing card) joker, Old Maid | |
| 6. n. 馬場: riding ground | |
| 7. n. 糞, 屎: excrement, feces |
| 祖母 | |
| 1. n. grandmother |
| 外祖母 | |
| 1. n. (rare) maternal grandmother, mother's mother |
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