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    3. 孝行

    孝行

    孝こう行こう

    filial piety

    N2KMT6News #13+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, AdjectiveCulture & TraditionsFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab13 strokes

    こうこう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Adjective

    1.
    filial piety
    2.
    showing devotion (to someone)

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    彼かれは親おやに孝こう行こうだ。

    He is devoted to his parents.

    KMT4Family & RelationshipsDaily Life
    親おや孝こう行こうは日に本ほんの大たい切せつな美び徳とくだ。

    Filial piety is an important virtue in Japan.

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsFamily & Relationships
    昔むかしの物ものが語たりには、孝こう行こうな子こ供どもの逸いつ話わが多おおく登とう場じょうする。

    Many anecdotes about filial children appear in old stories.

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsLiterature
    週しゅう末まつには実じっ家かに帰かえり、親おやに孝こう行こうする。

    On weekends, I go back to my parents' home and show devotion to them.

    KMT6Family & RelationshipsDaily Life
    亡なき親おやへの孝こう行こうは、心こころの中なかで続つづけるものだ。

    Devotion to deceased parents is something that continues in one's heart.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    孝
    filial piety・child's respect
    行
    い.く・ゆ.く・-ゆ.き・-ゆき・-い.き・-いき…(11)
    going・journey・carry out・conduct・act…(3)
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