Keyword
grandparent
Info
FrequencyTop 1000-1100
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 6
Heisig1918
Old form
Readings
(35%)
(21%)
おお
(14%)
(13%)
(6%)
(4%)
(3%)
Composed of
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Used in kanji (1 in total)
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Used in vocabulary (124 in total)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
ancestor; forefather; foremother
grandmother
motherland; fatherland; native country
founder; originator; pioneer
grandparents
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
founder of a religious sect
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
grandfather; male senior-citizen
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
grandpa; granddad
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
true ancestor; var. of vampire (in fiction)
ancestors
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami
great-grandmother; great-grandma
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
founder of a sect
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
ancestor who rejuvenated a dynasty or a family
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
founder of dynasty or sect
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
(divine, historical or legendary) founder of an empire
ancestor worshipped as a deity
founder; inventor; ancestor; forefather
sect founder
remote ancestor; forefather
great-great-grandfather
great-grandmother; great-grandma
ancestral spirits
maternal grandfather
Founder of Buddhism
hereditary; patrimonial; handed down from generation to generation
kerchief worn by women in former times in Japan in cold weather, covering the whole head (except eyes)
founder; progenitor; emperor
exposition (propagation) of one's master's teachings or doctrines
ancestors
great-grandfather
founder; progenitor; emperor
prototype
the ancestral Sun Goddess
mausoleum containing the remains of one's ancestors
Archaeopteryx; extinct genus of early birds
Great Patriotic War (Russian name for the war along the eastern front during World War II)
old people; grandparents
the first generation of a family; school (of thought) or religious sect
great-great-grandmother
great-grandparents
Mazu; Chinese goddess of the sea
grandma; granny
returning to one's fatherland
protolanguage; parent language
common ancestor
founder; originator; introducer
ancestors of the Imperial Family
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
business started by an ancestor; inherited business
to perform religious services for the departed souls of one's ancestors
grandfather; male senior-citizen
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
maternal grandmother
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
Patriotic War (Russian name for the war with Napoleon in 1812)
child who loves their grandmother; child who is doted on by their grandmother
the coming of Bodhidharma from western India to China
child who loves their grandmother; child who is doted on by their grandmother
the founder of our sect (esp. in reference to Nichiren)
progenitor
Japanese-Jewish common ancestry theory
child who loves their grandmother; child who is doted on by their grandmother
founder of medical science
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
grandpa; gramps
kerchief worn by women in former times in Japan in cold weather, covering the whole head (except eyes)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
jointly held concession in China (e.g. Shanghai International Settlement)
eponym (person after whom something is named)
child who loves their grandmother; child who is doted on by their grandmother
Proto-Indo-European (language)
Japanese-Jewish common ancestry theory
deceased grandfather; (one's) late grandfather
what has been (orally) handed down from generation to generation; legend; folk tale
Proto-Indo-European (language)
Zen Buddhism based on the teachings of Bodhidharma
grandfather of the emperor
ancestor of a feudal lord
symplesiomorphy; ancestral trait shared by two or more taxa
plesiomorphy; ancestral character
Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch; Platform Sutra
the eight doctrinal patriarchs who expounded the teachings (Nagarjuna, Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra, Yi Xing, Huigo and Kukai) (in Shingon)
the Eight Lineage Patriarchs who received the transmission of the teachings, leading back to the Vairocana Buddha (Vairocana Buddha, Vajrasattva, Nagarjuna, Nagabodhi, Vajrabodhi, Amoghavajra, Huigo and Kukai) (in Shingon)
deceased grandfather of the emperor
deceased grandmother of the emperor
deceased grandmother
deceased grandfather; deceased father and grandfather; distant ancestor; forefather
Examples (172 in total)
They are my grandfather's books.
His grandfather passed away peacefully.
He was educated by his grandfather.