Word Meaning 親父

おやじ oyaji

親父 is read as おやじ (oyaji) and means grizzly bear.

Meaning

English

grizzly bear
one's boss
proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
landlord
middle-aged (or older) man
old man
geezer
one's father

Reading

Kana

おやじ

Romaji

oyaji

Writing Variants

親仁おやじ oyaji
親爺おやじ oyaji

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Synonyms お父様,お父さん,御父さん,御父ちゃん,男親,おとっつぁん,親仁,父 Antonyms お袋 Related Words 父,お父さん,御父さん,父親,親仁,頑固親父,ちゃぶ台返し Rank 8540 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

親父ギャグ

おやじぎゃぐ

bad pun

親父バンド

おやじばんど

band with mostly middle-aged or elderly members

地震雷火事親父

じしんかみなりかじおやじ

things to fear: earthquakes, thunder, fires and, most of all, fathers

頑固親父

がんこおやじ

stubborn (obstinate) father

雷親父

かみなりおやじ

snarling old man

狸親父

たぬきおやじ

sly (cunning) old man

父親

ちちおや

father

父親らしい

ちちおやらしい

fatherly

父親殺し

ちちおやごろし

patricide

親子

おやこ

parent and child

親方

おやかた

foster parent

親

おや

(pet) owner

Example Sentences

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親父の言うことを聞け。

Obey your father.

彼は親父とそっくりだ。

He's a carbon copy of his father.

親父は職人気質な人でね。

My dad is a stubborn man at his job.

俺の親父は女じゃありません。

My father is not a woman.

親父の土地を譲り受けたんだ。

I inherited my father's property.

俺の親父、いっつも怒ってんだ。

My dad is always angry.

なぜ親父は母から逃げたのだろう？

Why did father run away from mother?

あいつ、親父の言う事は一切聞かないからな。

He never listens to what his father says.

トムの親父ギャグについつい笑ってしまった。

I couldn't help but let out a chuckle at Tom's cheesy joke.

「親父これって・・・真剣？」「当たり前だろう、決闘なのだからな」

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

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