Illustration: In a lived-in Japanese sitting room, an adult daughter kneels beside her elderly father and gently eases his feet into warm slippers. She has set a tray of tea and peeled fruit within his reach and folded his outdoor coat over a chair.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

孝こう行こう

koukou

to show devotion to one’s parents

Example sentences

  1. 敬老けいろうの日ひには祖父母そふぼを訪たずねて孝行こうこうします。

    On the Respect-for-Senior-Citizens Day, we visit our grandparents and do nice things for them.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 成長せいちょうした金太郎きんたろうは足柄山あしがらやまで熊くまと相撲すもうをとり、母ははに孝行こうこうする元気げんきで優やさしい子供こどもに育そだった。

    Kintaro grew into a healthy, dutiful and gentle child whom it is said practiced sumo wrestling with a bear on Mt. Ashigara.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 孝行こうこうしたいときに親おやはなし。

    When one would be filial, one’s parents are gone.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 孝行

  • 孝filial piety; child's respectOnコウ・キョウ
  • 行go; carry outOnコウ・ギョウ・アンKunいく・ゆく・おこなう

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