also: ばば · おおば · おば · うば
noun
Neutral term for one's own grandmother. In formal or polite contexts, お祖母さん (おばあさん) is more common when addressing or referring to someone else's grandmother.
祖母は毎朝、庭の手入れをしている。
My grandmother tends the garden every morning.
祖母の家は田舎にある。
My grandmother's house is in the countryside.
Old-fashioned or dialectal reading; may sound rough or childish in modern standard Japanese.
Archaic or dialectal reading; rarely used in modern standard Japanese.
Rare reading for 祖母; more commonly written as 伯母 or 叔母 for 'aunt'.
Archaic reading; now mostly replaced by そぼ.
The kanji 祖 (ancestor) and 母 (mother) combine to mean 'grandmother'. The reading そぼ is the on'yomi of both characters.