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ご両親 (ごりょうしん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Written forms ご 両りょう 親しん
Standard polite spelling with honorific prefix ご.
御ご 両りょう 親しん
Formal or literary spelling using the kanji 御 for the honorific prefix.
Kanji 両 both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train) 親 parent, intimacy, relative honorable, manipulate, govern
Similar words 両りょう 親しん Neutral term for 'parents', can be used for one's own or others' parents. ご両親 adds the honorific prefix ご, making it explicitly respectful and only for others' parents.
親おや General word for 'parent(s)'. Less formal than ご両親 and can refer to one's own parents.
Etymology Combination of the honorific prefix ご and 両親 (ryoushin, 'both parents').
