Word Meaning 祖父母

そふぼ sofubo

祖父母 is read as そふぼ (sofubo) and means grandparents.

Meaning

English

  1. grandparents

Reading

Kana

そふぼ

Romaji

sofubo

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Rank 16520 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

曽祖父母

そうそふぼ

great-grandparents

祖母

うば

grandmother

祖父

そぶ

grandfather

高祖母

こうそぼ

great-great-grandmother

外祖母

がいそぼ

maternal grandmother

父母

ふぼ

father and mother

養父母

ようふぼ

adoptive parents

義父母

ぎふぼ

parents-in-law

義祖母

ぎそぼ

grandmother-in-law

継父母

けいふぼ

(one's) step-parents

同父母

どうふぼ

the same parents

曾祖母

ひばば

great-grandmother

Example Sentences

9

I love my grandparents.

All of my grandparents are still living.

Tom was raised by his grandparents.

I visit my grandparents twice a week.

I live with my mother, brother and my grandparents.

On the Respect-for-Senior-Citizens Day, we visit our grandparents and do nice things for them.

The children were delighted to see their grandparents whom they had not seen for quite a long time.

After their parents died, their grandparents brought them up.

I used to visit my grandparents several times a month when I was a kid.