父ちち親おや

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

A somewhat formal or objective term for one's own father, often used when speaking about him to others. In direct address or within the family, お父さん is more common.

私わたしの父ちち親おやは医い者しゃです。
My father is a doctor.
彼かれは父ちち親おやのことを尊そん敬けいしている。
He respects his father.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉の父ちち親おやになるto become someone's father
彼かれは去きょ年ねん、双ふた子ごの父ちち親おやになった。
He became the father of twins last year.
父ちち親おやとして〈動どう詞し〉to do something in one's capacity as a father
彼かれは父ちち親おやとして子こ供どもたちを厳きびしく育そだてた。
He raised his children strictly in his role as a father.

Kanji

父father
親parent, intimacy, relative

Related words

お父とう様さまN2
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.
父ちちN5
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.
パパさん
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.

Opposites

母はは親おやN3
父親 refers to one's father, while 母親 refers to one's mother, the direct gender counterpart.

Politeness

父ちちhumble 謙譲語N5
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.
お父とうさんhonorific 尊敬語N5
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

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).

Word family

父ちち親おや殺ごろし
patricide
父ちち親おやらしい
fatherly; paternal

Built from

父ちち+親おや

Written forms

父親Usage100%
- ちちおや
  Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
- てておや
  out-dated reading
てておや
out-dated reading

Etymology

Compound of 父 (ちち, 'father') and 親 (おや, 'parent'). The reading てておや is an obsolete variant.