大叔母
oobamoba
The English phrase "great aunt" is translated into Japanese as 大叔母 (oobamoba).
大叔母 refers to the sister of one's grandparent.
How do you pronounce it?
The romanization is oobamoba.
Did you know?
- When addressing a great aunt directly, a speaker would rarely use 大叔母 and would instead use her name followed by the honorific さん.
- Because the Japanese language emphasizes seniority, the way you write 'aunt' changes depending on whether she is older or younger than your parent, a rule that still applies to the components of 大叔母.
- Japanese kinship terms often change based on whether you are talking about your own relative to a stranger or someone else's relative to them.
Examples in context
- 私の大叔母はとても優しいです。Watashi no ooba wa totemo yasashii desu.My great aunt is very kind.
- 来月、大叔母に会います。Raigetsu, ooba ni aimasu.I will see my great aunt next month.
Example conversation
Yui and Yota are looking at old family photos.
- 結衣 Yuiこの写真の人は誰ですか？Kono shashin no hito wa dare desu ka?Who is the person in this photo?
- 陽太 Yota僕の大叔母だよ。Boku no ōoba dayo.That's my great aunt.
- 結衣 Yuiとても若くて綺麗ですね。Totemo wakakute kirei desu ne.She is very young and beautiful.
- 陽太 Yotaそうだね。よく似ていると言われるよ。Sō da ne. Yoku nite iru to iwareru yo.True. I'm often told we look alike.
