In Japanese, ojousama お嬢様 means "daughter", just like the word musume 娘, but it can also mean a "young girl," or a "rich girl." In the anime fandom, ojousama, or ojou-sama, refers to a rich anime girl.

• Kanji
• Ojou-sama
• Translation
  • Girl Whom One Serves
  • "Rich Girl"
  • "Naive Girl"
  • Ojousan
  • Ojouchan
  • "Daughter"
  • "Miss," "Young Lady"
    • "Missy," "Little Girl"
    • "Lady," shukujo 淑女
  • Pretend Ojousama
    • Okaerinasaimase Ojousama
    • Maid Café Greeting
  • Ojou
  • Jou
  • Ojōsama, Ojōsan, Ojōchan
  • おじょーさま
• Trope
  • Moe Factor
  • Master-Servant Ship
  • Comedy Factor
  • Sub-Tropes
• Personality
• Appearance
  • Blonde Hair
• Drills
• Laugh: Ohoho!
  • Ohoho in Japanese
• Speech
  • Ara あら
  • Arara あらら
  • Ara Ara あらあら
  • Maa まぁ / まあ
  • Maa Maa まあまあ
  • Desu wa ですわ
  • Masu wa ますわ
  • Kashira かしら

In Japanese, ~chama ～ちゃま is a mix of two honorific suffixes: the diminutive ~chan ～ちゃん and the reverent ~sama ～さま. It's not normally used in Japanese.

One way it can be used is in obocchama お坊ちゃま. Maids, butlers, servants who serve a house and its master, sometimes refer to the son and daughter of the house as obocchan お坊ちゃん and ojousama お嬢様, respectively.

The word obocchama would be trying to match ~sama ～さま of ojousama in the word obocchan.

• waa! bocchama!
  わぁ！坊っちゃま！
  Wah! [Young master]!
• atarashii oyoufuku desu ka?
  新しいお洋服ですか？
  Are [those] new clothes?
• ...maa na
  ･･･まあな
  [Yeah].
• a! {suujitsu-mae
  shitateya-san wo
  oyobi shite
  oodaameido
  shita} mono desu ne!
  あ！数日前仕立て屋さんをお呼びしてオーダーメイドしたものですね！
  Ah! [It's] the one [that] {[you] custom-ordered some days ago when you called the tailor}, right?!

In Japanese, bocchan 坊っちゃん has various meanings. It's often used by maids and butlers in anime to refer to a boy whom they serve, so it's often translated as "young master," but it can be used toward a "rich boy," a "naive boy," just a random "boy," or specifically someone else's "son."

• Written in Japanese
• Translation
  • "Young Master"
  • "Rich Boy"
  • "Naive Boy"
  • "Boy"
  • Someone Else's "Son"
  • obocchan
  • bocchama
  • 坊さん
• Origin
  • bouzu 坊主
    • Hairstyle
  • bou 坊
• Trope
  • Appeal
  • Moe Factor
  • Master-Servant Ship

In Japanese, okusama means "wife." It's kind of synonymous with tsuma 妻, but that word is often used more literally, like a "wife," while okusama may be used to refer to a "wife" person, like "my wife" or "your wife."

• Kanji
• Origin
• Usage

In Japanese, goshujinsama ご主人様 means the "master" of a servant, in anime, mostly of a maid. The word may also refer to the "owner" of a house or shop, to one's "husband," or to a pet's "owner."

In Japanese, the words aniue, aneue, chichiue, and hahaue mean "older brother," "older sister," "father," and "mother," respectively, the same thing as ani 兄, ane 姉, chichi 父 and haha 母. However, the words with the __ue pattern have a different nuance.

• Kanji
• Usage

In Japanese, ane 姉 means "older sister." It's somewhat synonymous with oneesan お姉さん, but differs in usage. (see ane vs. oneesan).

The "older brother" counterpart would be ani 兄, while imouto 妹 is "younger sister."

• Kanji
• Derived Words

In Japanese, ani 兄 means "older brother.". It's somewhat synonymous with oniisan お兄さん, but differs in usage. (see ani vs. oniisan).

The "older sister" counterpart would be ane 姉, while otouto 弟 is "younger brother."

• Kanji
• Derived Words

The word haha means "mother" in Japanese (or it's a laugh, haha). It's somewhat synonymous with okaasan お母さん, but differs in usage. (see haha vs. okaasan). The "father" counterpart would be chichi 父.

• Kanji
• Derived Words

The word chichi means "father" in Japanese (or "breasts," see: oppai おっぱい). It's somewhat synonymous with otousan お父さん, but differs in usage. (see chichi vs. otousan). The "mother" counterpart would be haha 母.

• Kanji
• Derived Words

In Japanese, the word aneki means "older sister," just like oneesan お姉さん, although sometimes it can be used to refer to an older woman who's not really the speaker's sister, but whom they respect.

• Kanji
• Usage

In Japanese, aniki is a way to refer to someone's "older brother," just like oniisan お兄さん, but it's often used in other ways, like to refer to someone whom the speaker consider to be his big bro, or to one's senior in a gang.

• Kanji
• Big Bro
  • Kamina
  • Otoko 漢
• Gang Senpai
  • Gang-Less Aniki
  • Shatei 舎弟
  • Anego 姉御
• Comparatively Older Dude
• Burly-Looking Dude

In Japanese, ossan おっさん means "old man," or "middle-aged man." This isn't a polite word, so it's either used to refer to an old man in a cozy, friendly way, or in a rude, derogatory way. It's also spelled ossan オッサン, オッさん.

The word oyaji means "father" in Japanese, making it synonymous with otousan, but sometimes it can refer to a man of certain age, similar to how the word ojisan works, or the owner of a shop instead

• Kanji
• 親仁, 親爺
• オヤジ, おやじ
• Usage
• Ofukuro
• Toward Older Men
• Toward Shop Owners
• Toward Bosses of Organizations
• Oyajisan

In Japanese, obaasan おばあさん means "grandmother," and sometimes refers to an elder woman.

It's also romanized obāsan, with a macron. Not to be confused with obasan おばさん, without a macron, which means "aunt" instead.

• Kanji
• Variants
• vs. 祖母
• Toward Elder Women