おじいさん

How to remember it

お + じい (old man sound) + さん = respectfully "old man" = grandfather.

Example sentences

• 私のおじいさんは八十歳です。

  わたしのおじいさんははちじゅっさいです。

  My grandfather is eighty years old.

• おじいさん、お元気ですか。

  おじいさん、おげんきですか。

  Grandfather, how are you?

Usage

Refers to one's own or others' grandfather; also politely to any elderly man.

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