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お父様 (おとうさま, otousama) Japanese meaning: father | Kotomora

お父とう様さま

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Meanings

1

honorific or respectful (sonkeigo)›

Honorific term for one's own or someone else's father. More formal and respectful than お父さん.

See also: お父さん

お父とう様さまはどちら

に

いらっしゃい

ます

か

。

Where is your father?

お父とう様さまによろしくお伝つたえください。

Please give my regards to your father.

Usage patterns

お父様とうさまによろしくお伝つたえくださいplease give my regards to your father
お父とう様さまによろしくお伝つたえください。
Please give my regards to your father.
お父様とうさまはお元気げんきですかhow is your father doing?
お父とう様さまはお元げん気きでいらっしゃいますか。
Is your father doing well?
お父様とうさまに似にているto resemble one's father
彼かれはお父とう様さまにとても似にていらっしゃいますね。
He really resembles his father, doesn't he?

Kanji

父father
様Esq., way, manner

Related words

父ちち親おやN3
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.

Opposites

お母かあ様さまN2
お父様 refers respectfully to one's father, while お母様 is the parallel honorific term for one's mother.

Politeness

お父とうさんplainN5
お父さん is the everyday polite word for father, while お父様 is a more elevated, formal version used in especially polite speech or writing.
父ちちhumble 謙譲語N5
父 is the humble term used when referring to one's own father in formal or outward-facing speech, whereas お父様 is used respectfully of someone else's (or occasionally one's own) father.
パパさんplain
お父様 is a very formal, honorific way to refer to someone's father, whereas パパさん is casual and used affectionately within the family.

Counted with

人にん
The everyday counter for people: 一人 (ひとり), 二人 (ふたり), 三人 (さんにん).
名めいN2
More formal than 人 — used for headcounts in reservations, staff lists, and announcements (5名様).

Built from

お父とう+様さま

Written forms

お父とう様さま
Standard respectful spelling for 'father'.
お父とうさま
Less formal variant with さま in kana.

Etymology

Polite prefix お + 父 (father) + honorific suffix 様.