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じい
祖父
さん
かなり
ろうすい
老衰
している

Grandfather is quite senile.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
Most common form: 御爺さん
noun
1. grandfather  (see also: 祖父さん; usu. お祖父さん; often written with kana only)
2. male senior-citizen  (usu. お爺さん; often written with kana only)
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1
considerably; fairly; quite  (often written with kana only)
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0
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
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Kanji
ソ    ancestor   
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and another, moreover   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ジ   シ   しめ to show   
フ   ちち father   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
crossed swords
ロウ   old   おいる    ふける to grow old   
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old
さじ spoon   
スイ   おとろえる to grow weak, decline   
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アイ   あわ piteous, sorrowful   あわれむ to feel pity   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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イ   ころも clothes   
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