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]:

     過(か)去(こ)をあまり話(はな)さぬ　アボジの青(せい)春(しゅん)物(もの)語(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