プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
おや【親】
❶〔両親〕parents；〔父または母〕a parent；〔父〕a father；〔母〕a mother
親の parental
実の親
one's real [true] father [mother]（▼one's parentと単数では言わない．片親なら one's fatherまたは one's mother）
育ての親
one's foster [adoptive] father [mother]（▼adoptiveは養子の関係）
私は実の親ではありませんがあの子は私の子供です
I admit I am not her biological [natural] mother, but she is still my child.
親を失う［養う］
lose [support] one's parents
子供にこんなことをさせておくなんて親の顔が見たいよ
I want to know what kind of parents allow their children to do such a thing.
彼の親はだれか分からない
His parentage is unknown.
❷〔物の始め，元祖〕the founder
教派の親
the founder of a sect
この機械の生みの親
the inventor of this machine
❸〔トランプの〕the dealer；〔賭博の〕the banker
親は君だ
It's your (turn to) deal.
親が死んでも食休み
You should rest after a meal no matter what may have happened.
親に似ぬ子は鬼子
He is quite unlike his father.
親の因果が子に報い
《文》 The sins of the parents will be visited upon the children.
親の風を吹かす
最近は親の風を吹かせても子供に無視されることが多い
Parental authority doesn't mean much to children these days.
親の心子知らず
Children 「do not know how indebted they are [tend to be ungrateful] to their parents.
親のすねをかじる
sponge [live] off one's parents／「be dependent [sponge] on one's parents
親の光は七光
It's a great help to have a famous parent.／He has attained success thanks to his father's [mother's] name.
親の欲目
親の欲目で子供を見がちです
We are apt to regard our children with indulgent eyes.
親はなくとも子は育つ
Children grow up somehow, even without parents.
この親にしてこの子あり
Like father, like son.
親会社
a parent [holding] company
親局
a key station
親殺し
parricide；〔父殺し〕patricide；〔母殺し〕matricide