- 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)
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- 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.
Example sentences
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"Dad, this a real sword?" "Of course, it is a duel after all."
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.
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.
"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?"