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Mama and papa are used in Japan too. See constructions like “mama-tomo” (“mom friends”) and “papa-katsu” (“sugar daddy”).
by grose 3y ago
Mama and papa are used in Japan too. See constructions like “mama-tomo” (“mom friends”) and “papa-katsu” (“sugar daddy”).
- mikepavone 3y agoThese are recent loanwords though which the OP considered uninteresting
- midoridensha 3y agoThose are loanwords, very recently borrowed from English, like so many other recent loanwords. That's what they're always written in katakana.