Meaning of 親父 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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親父, 親爺, 老爺JLPT 1
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Kana Readingおやじ, ろうや, しんぷ
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Romajioyaji, rōya, shinpu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- one's father; old man; one's boss
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Example Sentences
親父, 親爺, 老爺, おやじ, ろうや, しんぷ used in context
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「親父これって・・・真剣?」「当たり前だろう、決闘なのだからな」
Dad, this a real sword? "Of course, it is a duel after all."
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そのため、僕にとってのココは「遊び相手のお姉さん」で、家族のひとりとしての認識しかなく、親父に誰何するような存在ではなかった。
For that reason Coco was, to me, 'an older sister I can play with' and I thought of her only as one member of the family not as someone I should question my father concerning her identity.
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He succeeded to his father's business.
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He's a carbon copy of his father.
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He's a carbon copy of his father.
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都市の親父は、会社で8時間、それに毎朝毎夕、会社への行き帰りに満員電車の中でさらに2時間過ごさなければならない。
Fathers in cities spend eight hours in the office and another two hours traveling to and from their work on trains full of people every morning and evening.
Related Kanji
Kanji found in this word
parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards)
On: シン
Kun: おや, おや-, した.しい, した.しむ
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