親おやの因いん果がが子こに報むくう

expression, godan verb (-u)

the sins of the father shall be visited upon the son

Proverb meaning that children suffer the consequences of their parents' misdeeds. The verb 報う (むくう) here means 'to be repaid' or 'to be visited upon', often in a negative sense.

• 親おやの因いん果がが子こに報むくうというが、彼かれの苦く労ろうは父ちち親おやの借しゃっ金きんのせいだった。

  They say the sins of the father are visited upon the son, and his hardships were due to his father's debts.