► 名詞
親 [(2)おや] meaning: parent rank: 1
☆ 親は無くとも子は育つ ⇨ Children will grow (fine) even without parents
☆ 親会社 ⇨ A parent company
More examples:
- 歯医者で親知らずを抜いた ⇨ I got a wisdom tooth taken out at the dentist
- 哀れなことに彼は子供の時に両親を失った ⇨ It is heartbreaking that he lost his parents when he was little
- 親の脛をかじるのはもう卒業だ ⇨ I graduated from, stopped, living off my parents
- うちの親はああせいこうせいとうるさい ⇨ My parents nag me to do that and do this
- うちの息子は親に反抗する年頃だ ⇨ My son has reached the age where he rebels against parents
- 彼の父親は第二次大戦で戦死した ⇨ His father died in WW2 (as a soldier)
- 彼は首相と長年親密な関係になる ⇨ He has had an intimate relationship with the prime minister for many years
- 彼女は隣の子が親にいつも怒鳴られているのを見て心を痛めている ⇨ Her heart aches, she feels sad to see the nextdoor boy has always been yelled at by his parents
- 彼は親としては失格だった ⇨ He was a failure as a parent (if not as something else)
- 彼は父親を自らの手に掛けた ⇨ He killed his father with his own hands
- 親類一同が一堂に会した ⇨ All of the relatives got together
- 彼は幼くして親を失ったが、良い人達に囲まれて育った ⇨ He lost his parents when very young, but grew up surrounded by good people
- 親子の血は争えない ⇨ You cannot fight parent-child blood. Family resemblance runs in blood
- 彼は実力は三流だが親の金でF1にいる ⇨ He is in Formula One even though he is horrible, because of his parent’s money
- 彼は昔は父親とよくぶつかった ⇨ He often clashed with his father when he was young