I Love Kanji伯母さん (obasan)
伯母さん (おばさん, obasan) is a Japanese noun meaning “aunt”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- おばさん
- Romaji
- obasan
- Word class
- Noun
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
- Also written
- 叔母さん
Meaning
- aunt · noun · honorific, familiar, usually written in kana · 伯母さん is older than one's parent and 叔母さん is younger
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Kanji in 伯母さん
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 伯母さん.
伯父おじさんuncle伯父おじuncle伯母おばaunt伯父さんおじさんuncle母ははmotherお母さんおかあさんmother祖母そぼgrandmother母親ははおやmother叔母おばaunt父母ふぼfather and mother小母さんおばさんold lady分母ぶんぼdenominator母校ぼこうalma mater母国ぼこくone's home country
Source: JMdict entry 2261500 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.