Word Meaning 親に似ぬ子は鬼子

おやににぬこはおにご oya ni ninuko ha onigo

親に似ぬ子は鬼子 is read as おやににぬこはおにご (oya ni ninuko ha onigo) and means like father, like son.

Meaning

English

like father, like son
a child who does not resemble their parents is a changeling

Reading

Kana

おやににぬこはおにご

Romaji

oya ni ninuko ha onigo

Stroke Sequence

8 Characters • 47 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Proverb ✓ Rank 103676 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

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親子

おやこ

parent and child

親なし子

おやなしご

parentless child

親が親なら子も子

おやがおやならこもこ

what can you expect from a child with parents like that?

親子結合

おやこけつごう

host association

親の意見と茄子の花は千に一つも無駄はない

おやのいけんとなすびのはなはせんにひとつもむだはない

always listen to your parents

継親子

けいしんし

stepparent-stepchild relationship

鬼田平子

おにたびらこ

Oriental false hawksbeard (Youngia japonica)

鬼子

おにご

child born with teeth

胡鬼の子

こぎのこ

Buckleya lanceolata (species of parasitic deciduous shrub)

親和女子大学

しんわじょしだいがく

Shinwa Women's University

親子関係

おやこかんけい

parent-child relationship

親はなくても子は育つ

おやはなくてもこはそだつ

nature itself is a good mother