阿あ翁おう

noun

father-in-law (of a woman)

Archaic term for a woman's father-in-law. Not used in modern Japanese; the common modern term is 義父 (ぎふ) or 舅 (しゅうと).

• 古こ文ぶん書しょでは、嫁よめが夫おっとの父ちちを「阿あ翁おう」と呼よぶ例れいが見みられる。

  In old documents, there are examples of a bride calling her husband's father '阿翁'.

noun

grandfather

Archaic term for grandfather. Modern Japanese uses 祖父 (そふ) or おじいさん.

• 「阿あ翁おう」は昔むかし、祖そ父ふを指さす言こと葉ばとして使つかわれた。

  '阿翁' was used in the past as a word meaning grandfather.