"お爺さん" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [o̞ʑiːsã̠ɴ] Forms: お爺さん ^ [canonical] (ruby: 爺(じい)), ojii-san [romanization], odiisan [romanization], おぢいさん [hiragana, historical], お祖父さん [alternative, kanji], 御爺さん [alternative, kanji], 御祖父さん [alternative, kanji]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|おじ.い-さん|hhira=おぢ.いさん}} お爺(じい)さん • (ojii-san) ^(←おぢいさん (odiisan)?)
  1. old man Synonyms (old man): お爺ちゃん (ojiichan), じじい (jijī)
    Sense id: en-お爺さん-ja-noun-DKUym1yx Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with kun'yomi, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Male family members Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 95 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 94 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with kun'yomi: 74 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 74 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Nakadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 78 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 78 22 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 95 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Male family members: 79 21 Disambiguation of 'old man': 99 1
  2. grandfather Synonyms (grandfather): お爺ちゃん (ojiichan), 祖父 (sofu)
    Sense id: en-お爺さん-ja-noun-ercEmXNZ Disambiguation of 'grandfather': 19 81
     
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          "roman": "sofu",
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      "ipa": "[o̞ʑiːsã̠ɴ]"
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  ],
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    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms historically spelled with ぢ",
    "Japanese terms read with kun'yomi",
    "Japanese terms spelled with hyōgai kanji",
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      "sense": "old man",
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      "sense": "grandfather",
      "word": "お爺ちゃん"
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