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.
孝行したいときに親はなし。
When one would be filial, one's parents are gone.
私はたくさん親孝行したい。
I want to do a lot to be devoted to my parents.
孝行をしたいときには親はなし.
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 I should be filial to 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.
私は母に何も親孝行が出来なかった。
I was never able to do anything filial for my mother.
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.
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.