Family Words in Japanese

Here are the family words in Japanese. No kanji available, just the words themselves. Use Ctrl + F to find words. Please read notes at the bottom of the list.

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
(o)kaasan	(oh) kah-sahn	mother
(o)tousan	(oh) too-sahn	father
(o)neesan	(oh) ney-sahn	older sister
(o)niisan	(oh) nee-sahn	older brother
imouto	ee-mow-toh	younger sister
otouto	oh-tow-toh	younger brother
obaasan, sobo	oh-ba-ah-sahn (?), soh-boh	grandmother
ojiisan, sofu	oh-jee-sahn, soh-foo	grandfather
keibo	kay-boh	stepmother
keifu	key-foo	stepfather

Note: The 'o's in parenthesis can be either dropped or not.
I am also not sure about how 'obaasan' is pronounced.

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