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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

親おや不ふ孝こう

oyafukou

unfilial, neglectful of one’s parents

Example sentences

  1. 舎人親王とねりしんのうの家系かけいでは船王ふねおうは閨房ねやぼうが定さだまらず、池田王いけだおうは親不孝おやふこうであるとした。

    Meanwhile in the family line of Imperial Prince Toneri, Prince Fune did not have a stable wife and Prince Ikeda was an undutiful son.

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

  2. 親おやに何年なんねんも連絡れんらくしないのは親不孝おやふこうだと思おもう。

    I think going years without contacting your parents is neglectful.

    Written by AI for Bebop

  3. 母ははに心配しんぱいをかけてばかりで、親不孝おやふこうな息子むすこだと思おもう。

    I keep worrying my mother, and I think I’m an unfilial son.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 親不孝

  • 親parent; intimacyOnシンKunおや・おや-・したしい
  • 不negative; non-Onフ・ブ
  • 孝filial piety; child's respectOnコウ・キョウ

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