お祖父さん – Vocabulary details

お祖じ父いさん

Meanings

Noun

Usually written in kana

1. grandfather

usu. お祖父さん

2. male senior-citizen

usu. お爺さん

Alt. forms

Kanji used

祖

grandparent

父

father

Pitch accent

お

じ

いさん

Used in: 199

Composed of

お

honorific/polite/humble prefix

祖じ父いさん

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

Used in vocabulary (2 in total)

曾ひいお祖じ父いさん

great-grandfather

曽ひいお祖じ父いさん

great-grandfather

Examples (2 in total)

お祖じ父いさんがかなり老ろう衰すいしている。

Grandfather is quite senile.

彼かの女じょのお祖じ父いさんはどちらにお住すまいなの？

Where does her grandfather live?