Illustration: In a compact apartment entrance, a small child stands between their mother and father, ready for nursery. The father crouches to fasten one shoe while the mother settles the child's hat and holds the little backpack.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

親おや

oya

parent, parents

Example sentences

  1. アナは、親おやが知しらないうちに結婚けっこんした。

    Anna married without the knowledge of her parents.

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  2. 親おやに電話でんわしたいんです。

    I’d like to call my parents.

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  3. 親おやは子こを愛あいする。

    Parents love their children.

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Kanji in 親

  • 親parent; intimacyOnシンKunおや・おや-・したしい

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