- oooji granduncle
Rare in speech; appears mainly in formal family registers or legal documents referring to a grandparent's brother.
大叔父は若い頃に海外へ移住した。
oooji wa wakai koro ni kaigai e ijū shita.
My granduncle emigrated abroad when he was young.
大叔父に会うのは十年ぶりだ。
oooji ni au no wa jūnen buri da.
It's been ten years since I saw my granduncle.
⚖️ Not to be confused with 大伯父 (oooji), which is the husband of a grandaunt rather than a blood relative.
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