孝
コウ • キョウ
filial piety; child's respect
Words
孝行
こうこう
- filial piety n adj-na
- showing devotion (to someone) n adj-na
忠孝両全
ちゅうこうりょうぜん
- being a good son and a loyal subject; possessing loyalty and filial piety n yoji
身体髪膚これを父母に受くあえて毀傷せざるは孝の始めなり
しんたいはっぷこれをふぼにうくあえてきしょうせざるはこうのはじめなり
- filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents) exp proverb
不孝者
ふこうもの
- unfilial son; undutiful son; thankless son; unfilial daughter; undutiful daughter; thankless daughter n
孝行のしたい時分に親はなし
こうこうのしたいじぶんにおやはなし
- when you will wish to be filial, your parents will already be gone exp proverb