Japan

Artist: Sakiha

Hi! My name Sakiha. I am 11 years old. My hobbies are reading books, drawing pictures and cooking. Here is Sakiha's Oba-chan. You can watch how to spell Oba-chan in Japanese. Her name is Masako. Masako means an honesty girl. Yes, she is very honesty. I sometimes climbed mountains with her. She always advises what kind of dresses are nice for me. She take me with her where I want to visit. She is a nice guide in my life.

Sakiha
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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