親おやガチャ

noun

parent lottery; luck of the draw with one's parents

Slang term likening the circumstances of one's birth to a random gacha pull; used to express that one cannot choose their parents and that life prospects are heavily influenced by them.

See also: ガチャ

• 親おやガチャに外はずれたと感かんじる若わか者ものは少すくなくない。

  Quite a few young people feel they lost the parent lottery.

• 親おやガチャで人じん生せいが決きまるなんて不ふ公こう平へいだ。

  It's unfair that your life is decided by the parent lottery.