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父親 (ちちおや, chichioya) Japanese meaning: father | Kotomora
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Kanji 親 parent, intimacy, relative Related words 父親 is a neutral, descriptive word for 'father' used in explanations or biological contexts, while お父様 is an honorific term used to address or refer respectfully to someone's father.
父 is the humble term used specifically for one's own father in formal or out-group speech, while 父親 is a neutral, descriptive term for 'a father' usable for anyone's father.
父親 is a neutral, formal term used to describe a father objectively (e.g. in official contexts), unlike the warm, informal パパさん.
Politeness 父 is the humble term used when speaking about one's own father to outsiders, while 父親 is a neutral, objective term usable in more contexts.
お父さん is the warm, everyday term for addressing one's own father or referring respectfully to someone else's father, while 父親 is more formal and detached.
Counted with The everyday counter for people: 一人 (ひとり), 二人 (ふたり), 三人 (さんにん).
More formal than 人 — used for headcounts in reservations, staff lists, and announcements (5名様).
Word family patricide
fatherly; paternal
Etymology Compound of 父 (ちち, 'father') and 親 (おや, 'parent'). The reading てておや is an obsolete variant.
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