親おやの恩おんは子こで送おくる

expression

one's debt to one's parents is best repaid by giving them grandchildren

Proverb expressing the traditional idea that the greatest way to repay parental kindness is to have children of one's own, continuing the family line.

• 「親おやの恩おんは子こで送おくる」という言こと葉ばがあるように、親おや孝こう行こうの形かたちは人ひとそれぞれだ。

  As the saying goes, 'one's debt to one's parents is best repaid by giving them grandchildren,' but the form of filial piety varies from person to person.