N2551/1725

孝こう行こう

nounnoun (generic)noun or participle taking the aux. verb するな adjectiveadjective (generic)

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こうこう

Meanings

filial piety
showing devotion (to someone)

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Example sentences

親孝行おやこうこうは大切たいせつなことだと思おもいます。

I think showing filial piety to one's parents is important.

彼かれは毎週まいしゅう実家じっかに帰かえって親孝行おやこうこうをしている。

He goes back to his parents' home every week to show his devotion to them.

孝行こうこうな子供こどもに育そだてることが親おやの願ねがいだ。

It is a parent's wish to raise a devoted child.

生いきているうちに親孝行おやこうこうしなければ後悔こうかいするよ。

You'll regret it if you don't show devotion to your parents while they're still alive.

子供こどもが立派りっぱに成長せいちょうすることこそが最大さいだいの孝行こうこうだと祖父そふはよく言いっていた。

My grandfather often said that a child growing up splendidly is the greatest act of filial piety.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)