アボジ

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 아버지 (abeoji).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [a̠bo̞ʑi]

Noun

アボジ • (aboji

  1. (in contexts related to Korea) father
    Coordinate term: オモニ (omoni, mother)
    • 1979, “アリランのうた [Ariran no Uta]”, in アリランのうた [Ariran no Uta], performed by 白竜 [Hakuryū, Hakuryū]:
      ()()をあまり(はな)さぬ アボジ(せい)(しゅん)(もの)(がたり)
      kako o amari hanasanu aboji no seishun monogatari
      the story of my father's youth, my father who usually does not speak of the past