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The Japanese word for father-in-law is
義父

ぎふ - gifu


Japanese Definition


father-in-law
     1. 名詞. 配偶者の父、義父、しゅうと
     2. 名詞. 養父
     3. 名詞. (dated)母の再婚相手、継父(stepfather)。



Translations for father-in-law and their definitions

義父
     1. n. a father by moral principles
     2. n. a stepfather
     3. n. an adoptive father
     4. n. a father-in-law (one's spouse's father)


岳父
     1. n. (rare literary) one's wife's father: a man's father-in-law


     1. n. a father-in-law


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