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1 exact word match found in search '婆'
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Most common form: ババー
noun
1. old woman  (see also: 祖母; often written with kana only)
2. joker (card)  (see also: ババ抜き; often written with kana only; this meaning is restricted to reading ばば, ババ)
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10 words found beginning with '婆'
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Most common form: 祖母さん
noun
1. grandmother  (see also: お祖母さん; usu. 祖母さん; often written with kana only)
2. old woman; female senior citizen  (see also: お婆さん; 婆さん; often written with kana only)
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expression, 'ku' godan verb
to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad side of a bargain; to draw the joker (when playing Old Maid)  (idiomatic expression)
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noun
Bhagavan; Bhagwan; Lord  (Buddhist term)
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noun
wet nurse; old housekeeper
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1. acting without restraint; self-indulgence; wild license; eccentricity
2. being pretentious; putting on airs; foppery; dandyism; coxcombry; gaudiness
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Most common form: バラモン
1. Brahman (priest of Hinduism, members of the highest caste)  (often written with kana only; originally from Sanskrit 'brahmana')
2. Brahmanism; priest of Brahmanism
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Most common form: ばば臭い
old-maidish (esp. of fashion); old-womanish  (see also: 臭い:くさい; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: ババガレイ
noun
slime flounder (Microstomus achne)  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: ババ抜き
noun
1. old maid (card game)
2. living without one's mother-in-law  (slang)
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noun
Brahmanism
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57 words found containing '婆' in any position
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Most common form: おバーさん
noun
1. grandmother  (see also: 祖母さん; usu. お祖母さん; often written with kana only)
2. old woman; female senior citizen  (see also: 婆さん; usu. お婆さん; often written with kana only)
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noun
old woman
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Most common form: 祖母さん
noun
1. grandmother  (see also: お祖母さん; usu. 祖母さん; often written with kana only)
2. old woman; female senior citizen  (see also: お婆さん; 婆さん; often written with kana only)
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noun
midwife  (see also: 助産婦; obsolete term)
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Most common form: おばあちゃん
noun
granny; grandma; gran; female senior-citizen  (often written with kana only; familiar language)
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noun
1. grandmother  (see also: お祖母さん; usu. お祖母様; often written with kana only; honorific)
2. old woman; female senior citizen  (see also: お祖母さん; usu. お婆様; often written with kana only; honorific)
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noun
wet nurse; old housekeeper
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Most common form: 数間
noun
broker; brokerage; brokerage fee  (archaic)
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noun
1. old people  (see also: , ; often written with kana only)
2. grandparents
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noun
old maid; frump; hag; old woman  (see also: おばあさん)
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