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jiisan
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[じい(爺)·さ·ん]
jiisan
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[じ(祖)·い(父)·さ·ん]
jiisan
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Root Words:

jii + san

English Meaning(s) for じいさん

noun
  1. grandfather (may be used after name as honorific) (usu. 祖父さん)
  2. male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific) (usu. 爺さん)
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Definition and Synonyms for じいさん

Grandad the father of your father or mother
Synonyms: じいさん, おじいさん, おじいちゃん, 祖, 祖父, 親
Old Man a familiar term of address for a man
Synonyms: じじ, じいさん, おじいさん, 親父
Graybeard a man who is very old
Synonyms: じじ, じいさん, おじいさん, 翁, 老夫, 老翁, 親父, 隠居

Categories じいさん is a member of

Grandparent a parent of your father or mother
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Man an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
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Oldster an elderly person
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Sample Sentences for じいさん

The honest old man became rich.
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All that time the things granddad had said, like the sound of flies flying round a melon, buzzed in my head.
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