About the japanese word for father, It doesn't seem to be used in a exclusively masculine or paternal way in this context. It serves as a title of respect similar to 'master' here but there doesn't seem to be a good alternative word for a parental figure in English. Sorry if there was any confusion there :]
About the japanese word for father, It doesn't seem to be used in a exclusively masculine or paternal way in this context. It serves as a title of respect similar to 'master' here but there doesn't seem to be a good alternative word for a parental figure in English. Sorry if there was any confusion there :]
I mean, it's used in a yakuza sense. And the italian mafia has it's own paternal terminology (e.g. Godfathers).
You could reframe it to being about referring to them as godfathers, which then gets corrupted the same way, maybe?
