LingakuFrequency rank: 1,541.
- one's father; one's old man; dad; popsfamiliar language
- middle-aged (or older) man; old man; geezerfamiliar language
- one's bossfamiliar language
- proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.); landlord
- grizzly bearHokkaido-ben dialect
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
- 親父【おやじ】【オヤジ】Frequency rank: 1,541.
- 親爺【おやじ】【オヤジ】Frequency rank: 9,724. – 9,743.
- 親仁【おやじ】【オヤジ】
- おやじFrequency rank: 35,298. – 35,665.
- オヤジFrequency rank: 10,468. – 10,489.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- one's father; one's old man; dad; pops
- middle-aged (or older) man; old man; geezer
- one's boss
- proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.); landlord
This word is a casual way of referring to one's father in Japanese.
親父 can also be used to refer to a middle-aged or older man in an informal way.
Informally, 親父 can also mean one's boss, especially in a workplace setting.
Another usage of 親父 is to refer to the proprietor of a restaurant, store, or similar establishment.
Generated collocations (experimental)
おやじ親父をよぶ呼ぶto call one's fatherおやじ親父のちえ知恵fatherly wisdomおやじ親父になるto become a fatherおやじぎゃぐ親父ギャグdad jokesおやじ親父とはなす話すto talk with one's dadおやじ親父のせなか背中the back of one's father (symbolizing support)おやじ親父とのむ飲むto drink with one's dadおやじ親父をそんけい尊敬するto respect one's fatherおやじ親父のようなlike a fatherおやじ親父のみせ店father's shopおやじ親父のえがお笑顔father's smile
Example sentences
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"Dad, this a real sword?" "Of course, it is a duel after all."
2. そのため、ぼく僕にとってのここココはきごう「あそびあいて遊び相手のおねえさんお姉さんきごう」で、かぞく家族のひとりとしてのにんしき認識しかなく、おやじ親父にすいか誰何するようなそんざい存在ではなかった。
For that reason Coco was, to me, 'an older sister I can play with' and I thought of her only as one member of the family not as someone I should question my father concerning her identity.
5. とし都市のおやじ親父は、かいしゃ会社ではち８じかん時間、それにまいあさ毎朝まいゆう毎夕、かいしゃ会社へのいきかえり行き帰りにまんいんでんしゃ満員電車のなか中でさらにに２じかん時間すごさなければ過ごさなければならない。
Fathers in cities spend eight hours in the office and another two hours traveling to and from their work on trains full of people every morning and evening.
When my old man kicked the bucket last month, he left me only enough money to pay my debt with.
In this way they are too tired to be frightening.
14. きごう「うっせぇな。おれ俺のおやじ親父はまいくろそふとマイクロソフトのおうなあオーナーで、おまえお前のあかうんとアカウントなんかなんなく難なくびいえええぬBANできるんだぞきごう」きごう「まって待ってきごう？おとうさんお父さんってびるビル・げいつゲイツなのきごう？きごう」きごう「だれ誰きごう？びるビル・げいつゲイツってきごう？きごう」
"Yeah, shut up. My dad owns Microsoft. I can easily get your account banned." "Wait, so your dad is Bill Gates?" "Who's Bill Gates?"