Moto 婆: Old Woman; Grandma; Wet NurseKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- バ
- Kun'yomi
- ばば、ばあ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 73 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (バ)
- 老婆ろうばold woman
- お婆んおばんold maid; frump
- お転婆おてんばtomboy
- お転婆娘おてんばむすめtomboy; hoyden
- 乾闥婆けんだつばgandharva (heavenly musicians and protectors of Buddhism)
- 優婆塞うばそくupasaka (devout male lay follower of Buddhism)
- 優婆夷うばいupasika (devout female lay follower of Buddhism)
- 塔婆とうばstupa; pagoda
- 妖婆ようばhag; old witch
- 娑婆しゃばthis world; this life
- 娑婆っ気しゃばっけworldly desires
- 娑婆気しゃばけworldly desires or ambitions
- 婆娑羅ばさらacting without restraint; self-indulgence
- 婆婆鰈ばばがれいslime flounder (Microstomus achne)
- 婆羅門ばらもんBrahman (priest of Hinduism, members of the highest caste)
- 御転婆おてんばtomboy
- 悪婆あくばmean old woman
- 提婆だいばdeva (being with god-like characteristics)
- 於転婆おてんばtomboy
- 板塔婆いたとうばwooden grave tablet
- 産婆さんばmidwife
- 産婆術さんばじゅつmaieutics
- 老婆心ろうばしんsolicitude; consideration
Words that use a kun'yomi
- お婆ちゃんおばあちゃんgranny; grandma
- 婆ばばold woman
- 婆さんばあさんgrandmother
- お婆さまおばあさまgrandmother
- お婆さんおばあさんgrandmother
- お婆ちゃまおばあちゃまgrandma; granny
- お婆ちゃんっ子おばあちゃんっこchild who loves their grandmother
- お婆ちゃん子おばあちゃんこchild who loves their grandmother
- お婆様おばあさまgrandmother
- 婆ちゃんばあちゃんgranny; grandma
- 婆ちゃんっ子ばあちゃんっこchild who loves their grandmother
- 婆ちゃん子ばあちゃんこchild who loves their grandmother
- 婆やばあやelderly housekeeper; elderly maid
- 御婆さまおばあさまgrandmother
- 御婆さんおばあさんgrandmother
- 御婆ちゃんおばあちゃんgranny; grandma
- 御婆様おばあさまgrandmother
- 火車婆かしゃばばevil old hag
- 熊手婆くまでばばmidwife
- 爺婆じじばばold people
- 箕借り婆みかりばばold woman ghost from the Kanto region
- 糞婆あくそばばあold hag; old woman
Other readings
- 卒塔婆そとばstupa; dagoba
- 卒都婆そとばstupa; dagoba
- 娑婆ッ気しゃばっけworldly desires
- 娑婆訶そわかsvāhā; well said
- 婆あばばold woman
- 婆くさいババくさいold-maidish (esp. of fashion); old-womanish
- 婆を引くババをひくto get the short end of the stick; to get the bad side of a bargain
- 婆抜きババぬきold maid (card game)
- 婆羅門教バラモンきょうBrahmanism
- 婆臭いババくさいold-maidish (esp. of fashion); old-womanish
- 湯湯婆ゆたんぽhot-water bottle
- 牙婆すあいbroker; brokerage
- 率塔婆そとばstupa; dagoba
- 町石卒塔婆ちょうせきそとばstupa-shaped stone distance indicators placed at intervals of one chō (approx. 109 meters) on a temple approach
- 糞婆くそばばあold hag; old woman
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