► 名詞
祖父 [(1)そふ] [liter] meaning: grandfather rank: 2
☆ 私の祖父 ⇨ My grandfather (☛ Most formal)
More examples:
- 私は祖父母を訪ねる子供に土産を持たせた ⇨ I had my kids who visit their grandparents carry some gifts
- 祖父は杖をついて歩く ⇨ My grandfather uses a cane to walk
- 祖父が戦争当時のことを回顧した ⇨ My grandfather remembered (and talked about) the times during the war
- うちの御祖父さん ⇨ My grandfather
- うちの祖父は90だがしゃんとしている ⇨ My grandfather is 90 but he is very alert and active
- 無くなった祖父を葬儀屋が納棺した ⇨ The mortician treated my deceased grandfather and put him in a coffin
- うちの祖父は介助されないと風呂に入れない ⇨ My grandfather cannot take a bath without being helped
- うちの祖父は体の自由が利かない ⇨ My grandfather has trouble with his motor skills
- 祖父は下の世話が必要だ ⇨ My grandfather needs toileting help
- 祖父が危篤になって家族が病院に駆け付けた ⇨ The grandfather is dying and the family rushed to the hospital
- 彼の祖父母はナチを逃れてカナダに移住した ⇨ His grandparents escaped Nazi and immigrated to Canada
- うちの祖父は耳が遠い ⇨ My grandfather is hard of hearing
- 祖父は離れに住んでいる ⇨ My grandfather lives in a detached second house