Meanings
Noun
1. uncle
伯父 or 叔父 respectively can mean older or younger than one's parent
Kanji used
uncle
father
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
uncle (younger than one's parent)
Examples (75 in total)
He is my uncle.
My uncle lived a happy life.
My uncle died a year ago.
My uncle has a good knowledge of French.
My uncle has a large family.
Was it necessary that my uncle be informed?
This house belongs to my uncle.
Those houses are my uncle's.
He will visit his uncle.
We dined at our uncle's.
My uncle has completely recovered from his illness.
My uncle gave me a present.
I was given a camera by my uncle.
He visited his uncle yesterday.
I'm now staying at my uncle's.
I'll visit my uncle next week.
His uncle appeared rich.
I went to Shikoku to visit my uncle.
Edward inherited his uncle's estate.
My uncle died of cancer.
My uncle was involved in the traffic accident.
My uncle works in a lighthouse.
Her uncle lives in Switzerland.
Tom is visiting his uncle in Boston.
My uncle is thin, but my aunt is fat.
My uncle's handwriting is hard to read.
My uncle died of lung cancer.
He is not my father but my uncle.
My uncle has three children.
The man you see over there is my uncle.
Yesterday my uncle bought a dog.
My uncle's car is faster than mine.
I ran across my uncle at the station.
My uncle gave me his car.
The man dancing on the stage is my uncle.
I owe it to my uncle that I succeeded in my business.
The man running over there is my uncle.
I have an uncle who lives in Kyoto.
My uncle lived abroad for many years.
She has an uncle who works in a bank.
My uncle has lived in Paris for ten years.
My uncle is the manager of this hotel.
Tom's uncle keeps a lot of sheep.
My uncle wrote this letter of introduction.
Jim's uncle is due to retire next year.
My uncle can speak German.
My uncle gave me a pair of shoes.
He can look to his uncle for advice.
I saw my uncle on the way to school.
My uncle has a store along the street.
That house with a red roof is my uncle's.
Up to that time he had been staying with his uncle.
The hotel is run by his uncle.
The man reading a paper over there is my uncle.
I spent the major part of my vacation at my uncle's.
My uncle comes back from America next Monday.
My uncle took me for a ride in the countryside.
He is named Jim after his uncle.
She depended on her uncle for her school expenses for three years.
My uncle's company launched a new product last month.
He asked me where my uncle lived.
My uncle told me the story by way of a joke.
My uncle, who lives in Osaka, visited us yesterday.
The baby was named John after his uncle.
This is the TV station where my uncle works as an announcer.
My uncle says he's about to embark on a new business venture.
My uncle gave me some good advice when I was in trouble.
An uncle of mine gave me some useful advice.
I respect my uncle, so I named my first son John after him.
The prominent psychologist resembles my uncle in appearance.
When my uncle left for America, many people came to see him off at the airport.
My uncle made a fortune.
I spent a week at my uncle's.
My uncle lived in Washington, D. C. for two years.
It took about five minutes to get to my uncle's house from the station.