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JLPT N2 · Noun

叔母 (oba)

叔母 (おば, oba) is a Japanese noun meaning “aunt”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
おば
Romaji
oba
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. aunt · noun · 伯母 can mean older and 叔母 can mean younger than one's parent

Example sentences

私の伯母は、無料ハワイ旅行に当たった。
My aunt won an all-expenses-paid tour of Hawaii.
Tatoeba #162943
その姪は彼女の叔母さんのように見えます。
The niece looks like her aunt.
Tatoeba #206566

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 叔母

叔
uncle, youthシュク · 8 strokes
母
motherボ・はは・も · 5 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 叔母.

叔父おじuncle叔父さんおじさんuncle母ははmotherお母さんおかあさんmother伯母さんおばさんaunt祖母そぼgrandmother母親ははおやmother伯母おば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 1607100 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.