Meaning

Primary

One's Father

Alternatives

Middle-Aged Man, Father

Word Type

noun

Explanation

One's parent father is simply just one's father.

Note that 親父 has a masculine and somewhat vulgar tone to it. It can refer to your own dad, someone else's, or a middle-aged man you're friendly with. When not talking about your own father, you'll want to add a さん at the end, making it 親父さん.

Reading

おやじ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading for this is unfortunately a bit of an exception. uses the kun'yomi おや, and uses the reading which you learned with 叔父. You've learned all these readings before, so as long as you remember them, you're good to go. If you don't, check out the mnemonics for these readings on their vocabularies' pages!

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 親父がいる

    dad is here

    親父が来る

    dad is coming

    親父が言う

    dad says

Context Sentences

お前の親父さん、元気?

How's your dad?

あのヒゲ親父、ホント頑固なんだから。

That bearded dude is really stubborn.

俺は小さい頃から、親父の背中を見て育った。

I grew up watching my dad's back from a young age.

Kanji Composition