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    3. 親孝行

    親孝行

    親おや孝こう行こう

    filial piety

    KMT9News #30+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive, AdjectiveFamily & RelationshipsEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab29 strokes

    おやこうこう

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive, Adjective

    1.
    filial piety, being kind to one's parents, taking care of one's parents

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    彼かれは親おや孝こう行こうな息むす子こだ。

    He is a filial son.

    KMT6Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    誕たん生じょう日びに両りょう親しんを旅りょ行こうに連つれて行いくのが、私わたしなりの親おや孝こう行こうだ。

    Taking my parents on a trip for their birthday is my way of showing filial piety.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsTravel & Transportation
    遠とおく離はなれて暮くらしていても、親おや孝こう行こうの気き持もちを忘わすれないでいる。

    Even living far away, I don't forget the feeling of filial piety.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    日に本ほん文ぶん化かでは、親おや孝こう行こうは非ひ常じょうに大たい切せつな美び徳とくとされている。

    In Japanese culture, filial piety is considered a very important virtue.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsFamily & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    親おや孝こう行こうとは、単たんに物ぶっ質しつ的てきな援えん助じょだけでなく、精せい神しん的てきな支ささえも含ふくむものだと考かんがえる。

    I believe that filial piety includes not only material assistance but also emotional support.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsEmotions & PsychologyReligion & Philosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    親
    おや・おや-・した.しい・した.しむ…(4)
    parent・intimacy・relative・familiarity・dealer (cards)
    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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