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Answer by user1016 for Difference in word use: 父親母親両親父母
Just one thing that I noticed about [両親]{りょうしん} and [父母]{ふぼ}・・・We say ご両親 to mean "your(=the hearer's) parents", but we don't use 父母 here instead. ご両親はお元気ですか。 *ご父母はお元気ですか。So I think 両親 can be used in...
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'why do they exist' is kind of a strange question; why does any synonym exist? If you're asking for a 'difference' between the two expressions, then 父母 is a biological term implicating a biological...
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I would like to ask about the following words: 父親【ちちおや】 and 母親【ははおや】. They refer to father and mother, right? But why do they exist? When do we use them instead of お父【とう】さん and お母【かあ】さん?I have a...
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