JLPT N5 · Pronoun

お父さん (otousan)

お父さん (おとうさん, otousan) is a Japanese pronoun meaning “father; dad”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: おとうさん
Romaji: otousan
Word class: Pronoun
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

father; dad; papa; pa; pop · noun · honorific
husband · noun · honorific
you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he; him · pronoun · familiar

Example sentences

お父さんは煙草の煙でたくさん輪を作れる。

Dad can blow many smoke rings.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in お父さん

父

fatherフ・ちち · 4 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with お父さん.

父ちちfather伯父おじさんuncle祖父そふgrandfather父親ちちおやfather伯父おじuncle叔父おじuncle父母ふぼfather and mother伯父さんおじさんuncle小父さんおじさんuncle叔父さんおじさんuncle親父おやじone's father

Source: JMdict entry 1002590 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.