1.
parent and child
A parent and their child, or the relationship between them.
親子で参加する。
To participate as parent and child.
あの二人は親子だ。顔がそっくりだ。
Those two are parent and child. They look just alike.
親子丼は鶏肉と卵を使った料理だ。
Oyakodon is a dish made with chicken and egg.
親子 refers to a parent and child together, or the relationship between them.
WORD FORMATION:
親 (parent) + 子 (child)
COMMON EXPRESSIONS:
- 親子丼: chicken-and-egg rice bowl (literally "parent-child bowl" — the chicken is the "parent" and the egg is the "child")
- 親子関係: parent-child relationship
- 親子で: together as parent and child
- 親子連れ: accompanied by one's child
- 親子二代: two generations of parent and child
USAGE:
親子 does not specify whether the parent is mother or father — it applies to either. The reading おやこ is standard; the on'yomi reading しんし is rare and mainly found in legal/formal contexts.