Meaning
孝行 (こうこう, koukou) is a JLPT N2 vocabulary word meaning “filial piety”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
親が 元気なうちに 孝行しておきなさい
You must be dutiful to your parents while they are still well.
彼は 親孝行だ
He is dutiful to his parents.
親孝行してください。
Please practice filial piety.
私はたくさん親孝行したい。
I want to do a lot to be devoted to my parents.
孝行したいときに 親はなし。
When one would be filial, one's parents are gone.
親孝行したいときには親はなし。
By the time you wish to be a good son, your parents are long gone.
私は親孝行をすべきだと思います。
I think that I should obey my parents.
私はたくさん親孝行するつもりだ。
I plan on doing a lot to be devoted to my parents.
親孝行したいときには 親はなし。
By the time you wish to be a good son, your parents are long gone.
私は母に何も親孝行が出来なかった。
I couldn't be a good daughter to my mom.
しかしそれは、権太命がけの親孝行だった。
However, Gonta was actually being dutiful to his parents by risking his life.
敬老の 日には 祖父母を 訪ねて 孝行します。
On the Respect-for-Senior-Citizens Day, we visit our grandparents and do nice things for them.