Word Meaning 婆さん

ばーさん baasan

婆さん is read as ばーさん (baasan) and means grandmother.

Meaning

English

  1. grandmother
  2. old woman
  3. female senior citizen

Reading

Kana

ばーさん

Romaji

baasan

Writing Variants

  • 祖母さん ばーさん baasan
  • 祖母さん ばあさん baasan
  • 婆さん ばあさん baasan

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Synonyms お祖母さん,お祖母ちゃん,祖母,祖母ちゃん Related Words 高齢者,お年寄り,年寄り,老人,年配,年配者,お爺さん,お爺ちゃん Rank 6223 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

ばば

joker (in old maid)

老婆

ろうば

old woman

Example Sentences

9

ばあさんのりょうりはいつもおいしい。

Grandma's cooking is always delicious.

おばあさんはえんがわでひなたぼっこをしている。

Grandma is sunbathing on the veranda.

Who is that old woman?

How old is your grandmother?

The old woman smiled with a sigh of relief.

I only speak French with my grandparents.

The old lady thanked me for helping her across the road.

Sometimes the old landlady would come by and said "That child doesn't cry", but it was that my babysitting was godly.

It seems the mean old woman that lived around here was struck by lightning and suddenly died. My mother says it's truly a case of the swiftness of Heaven's vengeance.