How to say "pop" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- na-adjective, nounCovers the sense of 'pop' meaning popular or fashionable, as in pop music, pop art, or pop culture. A katakana loanword, it labels styles and designs with that fashionable, popular feel.あなたはポップソングが好きではないのですね？↗You don't like pop songs, do you?
- お父さんおとうさんnounRenders 'pop' in the father sense — dad, papa. Marked as respectful (sonkeigo) language, it is the polite choice for addressing or referring to a father, your own or someone else's.
- 父さんとうさんnounAlso covers the father sense of 'pop', but carries no honorific marking: a plain, familiar form used within the family, as when children address their dad directly.
Use 「ポップ」 for the 'pop' of pop music and pop art, meaning popular or fashionable; for 'pop' meaning dad or papa, choose the respectful 「お父さん」 or its plainer, familiar counterpart 「父さん」.
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Japanese equivalents
- ポップpop
- お父さんおとうさんfather
- 父さんとうさんfather
- 弾けるはじけるto burst open
- サイダーsoda pop (esp. fruit-flavored)
- 爆ぜるはぜるto burst open
- 残留性有機汚染物質ざんりゅうせいゆうきおせんぶっしつpersistent organic pollutant
- ポイントオブプレゼンスpoint of presence
- 父ちゃんとうちゃんdad
- お父ちゃんおとうちゃんdad
- ぽんpop
- ＰＯＰポップPost Office Protocol
- すぽっと(with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement)
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