obasan

noun

1. A Japanese middle-aged woman.“Some day Japanese women may be seen parading the streets bearing banners on which are written “Votes for Women,”—at least what appears to be a movement in this direction was inaugurated last week, says the Far East, when a public meeting for women was held at the Kanda Y. M. C. A. under the auspices of a woman’s periodical, the Blue-Stocking.[…]Mere male creatures were allowed to be present, and c”
2. A Japanese aunt.“"This woman really my aunt, my obasan, but I call her my grandmother, obaasan.[…]"”