English Dictionary

filial

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈfɪl.i.əl/

形容詞

比較不可 比較可能

(not comparable) Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter. / (comparable) Respectful of the duties and attitudes of sons or daughters toward their parents.

日本語の意味

孝行の。また、息子や娘としてふさわしい、親に対して敬意や義務を果たす態度を示すさま。

Her filial devotion led her to care for her aging parents despite the challenges.

彼女は子としての義務感から、困難にもかかわらず高齢の両親の世話をした。

意味（1）

(not comparable) Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.

The filial duty Ellesmere had paid to a father, who had no other claim to it than that he was his father, was now consoling to him [D'Alonville]; […]

意味（2）

(comparable) Respectful of the duties and attitudes of sons or daughters toward their parents.

If the admonition [to the parent] does not take effect, the son will be more reverential and more filial; […]

意味（3）

(genetics) Of a generation or generations descending from a specific previous one.

This, following Bateson, we may call the parental generation or P generation. Subsequent generations are called filial generations (abbreviated F) and their numerical order is indicated by a subscript, as first filial (F₁), second filial (F₂), etc.

more filial （ comparative ）

most filial （ superlative ）