父ちゃん

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

From (, father) +‎ ちゃん (-chan, familiar suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(とう)ちゃん (tōchan (alternative reading hiragana とっちゃん, rōmaji totchan)

  1. (term of endearment) pop, dad

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References[edit]

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN