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伯父さん
おじさん
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uncle, middle-aged man
Taken apart
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In a sentence
おじさんの家族は多い。
My uncle has a large family.
彼女はおじさんに会った。
She met her uncle.
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What Wiktionary says
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- “Compound of 伯父(おじ) (oji) + さん (san).”
Source: Wiktionary: 伯父さん (dump of 2026-09-02), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Reading, meaning and part of speech from JMdict, and kanji readings from KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG).
What the labels mean
- Compound
- Two or more words or stems joined into one.