1. Noun, Suru verb, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)

   1.

   filial piety

2. 2.

   showing devotion (to someone)

Example sentences

• 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.