さん
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. grandmother
usu. お祖母さん
2. old woman; female senior citizen
usu. お婆さん
Kanji used
grandparent
mother
Pitch accent
あさん
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Composed of
honorific/polite/humble prefix
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
Examples (1 in total)
His mother died when he was young, and his grandmother brought him up.