パパpapa
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- noundad; daddy; papa
- nounsugar daddy
- Related父ちちWrittenWritten or formal term for one's own father when speaking to outsiders, as in 「父は会社員です」; not used to address him directly.
- Relatedお父ちゃんおとうちゃんCasualColloquial and affectionate for one's own father, as in 「お父ちゃん、見て」; more homey and distinctively Japanese than the loanword 「パパ」.
- Related父ちゃんとうちゃんCasualColloquial for dad, rougher and more casual than 「お父ちゃん」; also what a wife may call her husband.
- Related父っつぁんCasualEdo-accented colloquialism for one's father, also used to address a middle-aged man; carries an old downtown shitamachi flavour.
- AntonymママCasualThe counterpart of 「パパ」: mom or mommy; also a female bar proprietress.
「パパ」 is the everyday, childlike loanword for dad. 「お父ちゃん」/「父ちゃん」 are homier Japanese colloquialisms (「父ちゃん」 rougher, also a wife's word for her husband); 「父」 is for writing or referring to your father to others; 「ママ」 is mom.
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