親おやバカ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

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doting parent; over-fond parent

A parent who is excessively devoted to their child, often blind to the child's faults. Used self-deprecatingly or to describe others.

My father is a doting parent and always boasts about me.

親おやバカと言いわれても、子こ供どもが一いち番ばんかわいい。

Even if people call me an over-fond parent, my child is the cutest.

〈人ひと〉は親おやバカだto be a doting, over-fond parent
父ちちは自じ分ぶんの子こ供どものことになると親おやバカだ。
My father becomes a total doting parent when it comes to his own kids.

溺でき愛あい
溺愛 refers to the excessive, blind love a parent (or others) can show, while 親バカ specifically labels the doting parent who displays such love toward their own child.
過か保ほ護ご
過保護 describes overprotective parenting behavior in general, whereas 親バカ describes the parent's blind, love-struck attitude toward their child's flaws and achievements.

親おやバカ
Most common spelling; uses katakana for バカ, which is typical for this word.
親おやばか
Hiragana variant; also common.
親おや馬ば鹿か
Full kanji spelling; less common but still seen.

Compound of 親 (parent) and バカ (fool). The term implies a parent so foolishly in love with their child that they lose objectivity.