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| By the time you wish to be a good son, your parents are long gone. | 親孝行したいときには親はなし。 | |
| On the Respect-for-Senior-Citizens Day, we visit our grandparents and do nice things for them. | 敬老の日には祖父母を訪ねて孝行します。 | |
| When one would be filial, one's parents are gone. | 孝行したいときに親はなし。 | |
| It must be nice having such a loyal son. You don't have to wonder if you'll be taken care of in your old age. | 親孝行な息子さんがいるから、老後の心配しなくていいわね。 | |
| We are writing to inform you that Mr Koichi Ohara has been appointed as Manager of the Technical Department in succession to Mr Taro Iida. | 飯田太郎の後任として、大原孝一が技術部長として着任したことをお知らせいたします。 | |