What does 父 (chichi | ちち) mean in Japanese?

The Japanese word

娘の父親は金離れがいい。
musume no chichioya wa kanebanare ga ī.
Her father is liberal with money.

夕べお父さんが病院で死んだ。
yūbe otōsan ga byōin de shin da.
His father passed away last night in the hospital.

僕は父の使いでそこに行った。
boku wa chichi no tsukai de soko ni itta.
I went there on an errand for Father.

来週、忘れずに父に会って下さい。
raishū, wasure zu ni chichi ni atte kudasai.
Please remember to see my father next week.

夕食後、父はジョギングに出かけた。
yūshoku go, chichi wa jogingu ni dekake ta.
My father went jogging after dinner.

僕の父は海外貿易の仕事をしている。
boku no chichi wa kaigai bōeki no shigoto o shi te iru.
My father is engaged in foreign trade.

夕べ彼のお父さんが病気で亡くなった。
yūbe kare no otōsan ga byōki de nakunatta.
Last night his father passed away because of his illness.

本当のことを言うと、私はお前の父ではない。
hontō no koto o iu to, watashi wa omae no chichi de wa nai.
To tell the truth, I am not your father.

僕は日曜日に働かざるをえない父に同情する。
boku wa nichiyōbi ni hataraka zaru o e nai chichi ni dōjō suru.
I feel for my father, who has to work on Sundays.

友人の父親が急死したのを大変気の毒に思った。
yūjin no chichioya ga kyūshi shi ta no o taihen kinodoku ni omotta.
I felt very sorry about the sudden death of my friend's father.

僕はお父さんが帰ってくる前に眠ってしまった。
boku wa otōsan ga kaette kuru mae ni nemutte shimatta.
I fell asleep before my father came home.

娘達は父親の死のショックから元気を取り戻した。
musume tachi wa chichioya no shi no shokku kara genki o torimodoshi ta.
The daughters recuperated from the shock of the death of their father.

私は１４歳のときに、父をくも膜下出血で亡くした。
watashi wa ichi yon sai no toki ni, chichi o kumomaku ka jukketsu de nakushi ta.
I lost my father to a subarachnoid haemorrhage when I was fourteen.

ひき逃げの犯人は翌日父親に伴われて自首してきました。
hikinige no hannin wa yokujitsu chichioya ni tomonawa re te jiju shi te ki mashi ta.
The hit-and-run driver, accompanied by his father, came and turned himself in the next day.

「あの方とあなたのご関係はどうなのですか」「私は彼の父です」.
' ano hō to anata no go kankei wa dō na no desu ka ' ' watashi wa kare no chichi desu '
"What is your relationship to him?" "I'm his father.".

両親が離婚したため、その少女はほとんど父親との接触がなかった。
ryōshin ga rikon shi ta tame, sono shōjo wa hotondo chichioya to no sesshoku ga nakatta.
Because the parents divorced, the girl had little contact with the father. | Because her parents got divorced, the girl had little contact with her father. | Because her parents got divorced, the girl had hardly any contact with her father.

「今日お父さんに会いに行く。進路相談だ」「いいですよ、そんなの」.
' kyō otōsan ni ai ni iku. shinro sōdan da ' ' ī desu yo, sonna no '
"I'm going to see your father today, about career counselling." "You don't need to bother with that.".

「お父さんとうまくいってないのか」「・・・」「すまない。立ち入ったことだった」.
' otōsan to umaku itte nai no ka ' ' . . . ' ' suma nai. tachītta koto datta '
"You don't get on well with your father?" "..." "Sorry, that was none of my business.".

そのため、僕にとってのココは「遊び相手のお姉さん」で、家族のひとりとしての認識しかなく、親父に誰何するような存在ではなかった。
sono tame, boku nitotte no koko wa ' asobi aite no o nēsan ' de, kazoku no hitori toshite no ninshiki shika naku, oyaji ni suika suru yō na sonzai de wa nakatta.
For that reason Coco was, to me, 'an older sister I can play with' and I thought of her only as one member of the family not as someone I should question my father concerning her identity.

	The Japanese word
	父
	is pronounced
	chichi \| ちち
	means
	father {one's own}

	Examples:
	娘の父親は金離れがいい。 musume no chichioya wa kanebanare ga ī. Her father is liberal with money.
	夕べお父さんが病院で死んだ。 yūbe otōsan ga byōin de shin da. His father passed away last night in the hospital.
	僕は父の使いでそこに行った。 boku wa chichi no tsukai de soko ni itta. I went there on an errand for Father.
	来週、忘れずに父に会って下さい。 raishū, wasure zu ni chichi ni atte kudasai. Please remember to see my father next week.
	夕食後、父はジョギングに出かけた。 yūshoku go, chichi wa jogingu ni dekake ta. My father went jogging after dinner.
	僕の父は海外貿易の仕事をしている。 boku no chichi wa kaigai bōeki no shigoto o shi te iru. My father is engaged in foreign trade.
	夕べ彼のお父さんが病気で亡くなった。 yūbe kare no otōsan ga byōki de nakunatta. Last night his father passed away because of his illness.
	本当のことを言うと、私はお前の父ではない。 hontō no koto o iu to, watashi wa omae no chichi de wa nai. To tell the truth, I am not your father.
	僕は日曜日に働かざるをえない父に同情する。 boku wa nichiyōbi ni hataraka zaru o e nai chichi ni dōjō suru. I feel for my father, who has to work on Sundays.
	友人の父親が急死したのを大変気の毒に思った。 yūjin no chichioya ga kyūshi shi ta no o taihen kinodoku ni omotta. I felt very sorry about the sudden death of my friend's father.
	僕はお父さんが帰ってくる前に眠ってしまった。 boku wa otōsan ga kaette kuru mae ni nemutte shimatta. I fell asleep before my father came home.
	娘達は父親の死のショックから元気を取り戻した。 musume tachi wa chichioya no shi no shokku kara genki o torimodoshi ta. The daughters recuperated from the shock of the death of their father.
	私は１４歳のときに、父をくも膜下出血で亡くした。 watashi wa ichi yon sai no toki ni, chichi o kumomaku ka jukketsu de nakushi ta. I lost my father to a subarachnoid haemorrhage when I was fourteen.
	ひき逃げの犯人は翌日父親に伴われて自首してきました。 hikinige no hannin wa yokujitsu chichioya ni tomonawa re te jiju shi te ki mashi ta. The hit-and-run driver, accompanied by his father, came and turned himself in the next day.
	「あの方とあなたのご関係はどうなのですか」「私は彼の父です」. ' ano hō to anata no go kankei wa dō na no desu ka ' ' watashi wa kare no chichi desu ' "What is your relationship to him?" "I'm his father.".
	両親が離婚したため、その少女はほとんど父親との接触がなかった。 ryōshin ga rikon shi ta tame, sono shōjo wa hotondo chichioya to no sesshoku ga nakatta. Because the parents divorced, the girl had little contact with the father. \| Because her parents got divorced, the girl had little contact with her father. \| Because her parents got divorced, the girl had hardly any contact with her father.
	「今日お父さんに会いに行く。進路相談だ」「いいですよ、そんなの」. ' kyō otōsan ni ai ni iku. shinro sōdan da ' ' ī desu yo, sonna no ' "I'm going to see your father today, about career counselling." "You don't need to bother with that.".
	「お父さんとうまくいってないのか」「・・・」「すまない。立ち入ったことだった」. ' otōsan to umaku itte nai no ka ' ' . . . ' ' suma nai. tachītta koto datta ' "You don't get on well with your father?" "..." "Sorry, that was none of my business.".
	そのため、僕にとってのココは「遊び相手のお姉さん」で、家族のひとりとしての認識しかなく、親父に誰何するような存在ではなかった。 sono tame, boku nitotte no koko wa ' asobi aite no o nēsan ' de, kazoku no hitori toshite no ninshiki shika naku, oyaji ni suika suru yō na sonzai de wa nakatta. For that reason Coco was, to me, 'an older sister I can play with' and I thought of her only as one member of the family not as someone I should question my father concerning her identity.

	Examples sourced from tatoeba.org