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    3. 不孝

    不孝

    不ふ孝こう

    undutifulness to one's parents

    KMT7CoreNoun, AdjectiveFamily & RelationshipsEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab11 strokes

    ふこうふきょう

    Noun, Adjective

    1.
    undutifulness to one's parents, lack of filial piety
    2.
    (the crime of) cursing one's parents
    archaic
    3.
    disowning one's child
    archaic

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    親おやに不ふ孝こうなことはしたくない。

    I don't want to do anything undutiful to my parents.

    KMT5Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれの行こう動どうは、親おやに対たいする不ふ孝こうと見みなされた。

    His actions were regarded as a lack of filial piety towards his parents.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    遠とおく離はなれて暮くらす親おやに、不ふ孝こうな思おもいをさせていないか心 配 になる。

    I worry if I'm causing my parents, who live far away, to feel that I'm undutiful.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    昔むかしの物ものが語たりでは、親おや不ふ孝こうな子こ供どもが最さい終しゅう的てきに罰ばつを受うけるという教きょう訓くんがよく語かたられた。

    In old tales, the lesson that undutiful children ultimately receive punishment was often told.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsCulture & TraditionsLiterature
    日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな価か値ち観かんでは、親おやへの不ふ孝こうは非ひじゅ常うに重おもい罪つみとされていました。

    In traditional Japanese values, lack of filial piety towards parents was considered a very serious offense.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsCulture & TraditionsHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    不
    negative・non-・bad・ugly・clumsy
    孝
    filial piety・child's respect
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