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おや
はかまい
墓参
って
あたし
はか
おやふこう
親不孝
あやま
って

When we'd visit our parents' graves, I would apologize for my lack of filial piety.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
noun
1. parent; parents
2. dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.)  (see also: )
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0
visit to a grave
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irregular godan verb 'iku/yuku', intransitive verb
1. to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach  (see also: 来る)
2. to proceed; to take place  (see also: 旨く行く; い sometimes omitted in auxiliary use)
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0
Most common form:
I; me  (female term or language; often written with kana only)
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Most common form:
prefix
honorific/polite/humble prefix  (see also: ; usu. before a term with an kun-yomi reading, おん is more formal; honorific; polite (teineigo) language; humble; often written with kana only)
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2
Most common form: はか
noun
gravesite; tomb
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3
lack of filial piety
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3
to apologize; to apologise
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Kanji
シン   おや parent   したしい close, intimate   したしむ to befriend, grow close to   
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stand in the tree
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
ボ   はか grave   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
バク   ボ   マク   モ    must not   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
grass   
サン   まい to visit, go, come   
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ム   private
fur, bristles, beard   
コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆ    い to go   おこな to take place   
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step
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
フ   ブ    not   
コウ    filial piety   
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old
シ   ス   こ child   
シャ   あやま to apologize   
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シャ   い to shoot   
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スン   inch
シン   み body, person   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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