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親おや父じ
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Meanings
Noun
1. one's father; one's old man; dad; pops (Usually kana, Familiar)
2. middle-aged (or older) man; old man; geezer (Usually kana, Familiar)
3. one's boss (Usually kana, Familiar)
4. proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.); landlord (Usually kana)
5. grizzly bear (Usually kana)
Other spellings
おやじ
Kanji used
親parent父father
Pitch accent
おやじ
おやじ
Used in vocabulary
地じ震しん雷かみなり火か事じ親おや父じ
things to fear: earthquakes, thunder, fires and, most of all, fathers
Expression
雷かみなり親おや父じ
snarling old man; irascible old man
Noun
狸たぬき親おや父じ
sly (cunning) old man
Noun
頑がん固こ親おや父じ
stubborn (obstinate) father; pig-headed old man
Noun
おやじ狩がり
street violence against middle-aged men
Noun
おやじ化か
becoming (like) an old man (in one's manner); turning into an old geezer
Noun
Examples11
Father looked me full in the face.
We call our father Oyajisan.
He's a carbon copy of his father.
He's a carbon copy of his father.
Your argument is not any more convincing than that of my stubborn father.
He succeeded to his father's business.