How to say "father-in-law" in Japanese

• 義父ぎふCommon
  nounThe neutral, general term for a father-in-law: the father of one's spouse, on either the husband's or the wife's side. Choose this when you simply mean your spouse's father.
• 舅しゅうとCommon
  nounRefers specifically to the husband's father — the father-in-law as seen from the wife's side. It fits talk of a married woman's relations with her husband's family.

Use 義父 for a father-in-law on either side — your spouse's father in general; 舅 is the term for one's husband's father, viewed from the wife's side.

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• 義父ぎふfather-in-law
• 舅しゅうとfather-in-law
• 大旦那おおだんな(one's) father-in-law
• 義理の父ぎりのちちfather-in-law
• お義父さんおとうさんfather-in-law
• 岳父がくふ(man's) father-in-law
• 丈人じょうじんwife's father