Japan

Artist: Seiya

Hi! My name is Seiya. I am a boy and 7 years old. I like to draw pictures and make model kit of mini cars. I call my grandmother "Aiko Oba-chan". Aiko is her name. Aiko means lovely girl. It is very popular name in Japan. Sometimes she takes me trips with her. I enjoy them very much. I think she is very beautiful grandmother. I like her very much. She is a girl friend for me.

Seiya
The Earth Club Japan

grandmother in Japanese:

obaachan, obasan, obaba,

obaachan is usually we use for grandmother. obaasan is a little bit polite way to say.

If you talk about your own grandmother, you may say obaacha for friendly. And if you want to say another person's grandmother, you'll say it for obaasan for polite.

Obaba maybe uses in local places not in the city.

Those are the Japanese words for grandmother.

Thanks,
Isamu
Japan

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