Japanese Word for "Grandfather"
The Japanese word for grandfather is ojiisan. Phonetically, you'd pronounce it "oh-jee-sahn".
Here's how to write ojiisan, the Japanese word for grandfather:
And here's how to write ojiisan in just hiragana:
Ojiisan is the polite way to say "grandfather". You'd use it when referring to someone else's grandfather. The humble way of referring to your own grandfather in Japanese is sofu
Here, you can write it in just kanji:
And here's how to write sofu in hiragana:
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