大祖父

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	祖	父
おお Grade: 1	おおじ
	Grade: 5	Grade: 2
kun'yomi	jukujikun

Alternative spelling
大祖父 (kyūjitai)

Noun

大(おお)祖父(おおじ) • (ōōji) ^{←おほおほぢ (ofoofodi)?}

1. great-grandfather
   • 938, Minamoto no Shitagō, Wamyō Ruijushō, volume 1, page 111:

     曾祖父 尔雅云、曾祖父之父爲曾祖父 和名於保於保知

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• 曽(そう)祖(そ)父(ふ) (sōsofu)

Related terms

• 大(おお)祖(お)母(ば) (ōoba)
• 曾祖伯父(おおおおじおじ) (ōōjioji)

References

• Minamoto, Shitagō with Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.