Japanese

Alternative forms

• 御父さん

Noun

お父さん ‎(hiragana おとうさん, romaji otōsan)

1. father

Usage notes

This term is used to describe someone's father. For father in the more general sense of male parent, use the term 父親 ‎(chichioya) instead.

Synonyms

• 父 (ちち) ‎(chichi): only used to talk about one's own father
• 父親 (ちちおや) ‎(chichioya): more general and impersonal
• 父上 (ちちうえ) ‎(chichiue): more formal
• 親父 (おやじ) ‎(oyaji): more informal, similar to old man

Descendants

• Min Nan: 多桑 ‎(tò-sàng) (Taiwanese)

References

1. 1 2 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9