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father (polite/formal)
A polite way to refer to someone's father, including one's own when speaking to others.
お父さん、ただいま。
Dad, I'm home.
お父さんは会社員です。
My father is a company employee.
お父さんに聞いてみます。
I'll ask my father.
お父さんは料理が上手です。
My father is good at cooking.
お父さんは毎朝早く起きて、新聞を読みます。
My father gets up early every morning and reads the newspaper.
お父さん is the polite term for father.
FAMILY TERMS:
- お父さん: father (polite, when addressing or referring to someone else's father)
- 父: my father (humble, when referring to one's own father to others)
- パパ: dad (casual)
USAGE:
- Used to address one's own father
- Used to refer to someone else's father