Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of おやじ – see the following entries.
親字
[noun] the headword character of an entry in a Han character dictionary
親父
[noun] (informal) an old man (elderly man)
[noun] (informal) an old man (father)
Alternative spellings
親仁, 親爺, オヤジ, やじ, ヤジ
(This term, おやじ, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)