両親

See also: 两亲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
両	親
りょう Grade: 3	しん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
兩親 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) りょーしん [ryóꜜòshìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɾʲo̞ːɕĩɴ]

Noun

両(りょう)親(しん) • (ryōshin) ^{←りやうしん (ryausin)^?}

both parents

Synonyms

ご両親(りょうしん) (goryōshin), 御両親(ごりょうしん) (goryōshin) (polite)
親(おや) (oya) (informal)

Coordinate terms

片親(かたおや) (kataoya, “one parent”)

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

^ 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