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The Japanese word for grandmother is
祖母

そぼ - sobo
祖-ancestor (so), 母-mother (bo)



grandmother

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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Pronunciation


(sobo)

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