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親おや
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Meanings
Noun
1. parent; parents; mother and father
2. dealer; banker
3. founder; inventor
4. (pet) owner
No-adjective
Noun
5. key; parent (organization); main
Noun
6. ancestor; forefather
Other spellings
祖おや
Kanji used
親parent
Kanji in other spellings
祖grandparent
Pitch accent
おや
Used in vocabulary
親おや会がい社しゃ
parent company
Noun
親おや兄きょう弟だい
parents and siblings; one's relatives
Noun
親おや孝こう行こう
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
Noun
親おやばか
over-fond parent; doting parent
Noun
親おや不ふ孝こう
lack of filial piety; disobedience to one's parents; ungrateful child; unfilial child
Noun
親おや知しらず
wisdom tooth; not knowing who one's birth parents are; person who does not know their birth parents
Noun
名な付づけ親おや
godparent; namer; first person to give something its name
Noun
親おや譲ゆずり
inheritance from a parent (property, trait, physique, etc.)
Noun
親おや代がわり
acting as a foster parent; caring for another's child; foster parent
Noun
親おや思おもい
love or affection for one's parents
Noun
育そだて親おや
foster parent
Noun
似非えせ親おや
distant disinterested parent
Noun
Examples148
Anna married without the knowledge of her parents.
A tree is known by its fruit.
A child's education is the charge of his parents.
Parents are responsible for their children's education.
Children have problems that their parents don't understand.
Like father, like son.