おじいさま

noun

grandfather (honorific)

Respectful term for one's own or someone else's grandfather. More formal and polite than おじいさん.

• おじい様さまは今年ことしで八はち十じゅっ歳さいになります。

  My grandfather will be eighty years old this year.

• おじい様さまからお手て紙がみをいただきました。

  I received a letter from my grandfather.

noun

elderly man (honorific)

Respectful way to refer to an elderly man, not necessarily a relative. Can be used as a term of address.

• あのおじい様さまは毎まい朝あさ公こう園えんを散さん歩ぽなさっています。

  That elderly gentleman takes a walk in the park every morning.

• おじい様さま、お荷に物もつをお持もちしましょうか。

  Sir, shall I carry your luggage for you?