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1 exact word match found in search '爺'
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Most common form: ジジイ
noun
1. old man  (see also: 祖父; often written with kana only)
2. old geezer  (derogatory; this meaning is restricted to reading じじい, ジジイ)
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9 words found beginning with '爺'
Most common form: 爺臭い
old-mannish  (often written with kana only)
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(same as above)
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noun
elderly handyman; elderly manservant  (see also: 婆や:ばあや; familiar language)
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noun
1. old people  (see also: , ; often written with kana only)
2. grandparents
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noun
1. chiton (any marine mollusk of the class Polyplacophora); sea cradle  (often written with kana only)
2. Japanese chiton (Acanthopleura japonica)
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Most common form: 祖父さん
noun
1. grandfather (may be used after name as honorific)  (see also: お祖父さん; usu. 祖父さん; often written with kana only)
2. male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)  (see also: 爺ちゃん; usu. 爺さん; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 祖父ちゃん
noun
1. grandfather (may be used after name as honorific)  (see also: 祖父さん; usu. 祖父ちゃん; familiar language; often written with kana only)
2. male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)  (see also: 爺さん; usu. 爺ちゃん; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 爺穢い
like an old man; doddering; wizened; frowzy; seedy  (often written with kana only)
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(same as above)
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23 words found containing '爺' in any position
noun
G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit; Hokkaido Toyako G8 summit
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Most common form: ジジイ
noun
1. old man  (see also: 祖父; often written with kana only)
2. old geezer  (derogatory; this meaning is restricted to reading じじい, ジジイ)
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Most common form: 子泣きじじい
noun
Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)
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Most common form: 好々爺
noun
good-natured old man
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noun
old man; old goat  (often written with kana only; derogatory)
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Most common form: 親父
noun
one's father; old man; one's boss
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noun
dirty old man; pervert; groper (on trains); lecher  (slang)
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noun
cunning old man
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like an old man; doddering; wizened; frowzy; seedy  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 爺穢い
(same as above)
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