親はなくても子は育つ

おやはなくてもこはそだつ

nature itself is a good mother; even without parents, children grow up

親はなくとも子は育つ

おやはなくともこはそだつ

nature itself is a good mother; even without parents, children grow up

無くては

なくては なくちゃ

unless, without

寝る子は育つ

ねるこはそだつ

sleep brings up a child well, a well-slept child is a well-kept child

無くしては

なくしては

in the event that it did not (or does not) exist, without

育て親

そだておや

foster parent

何は無くとも

なにはなくとも

even if nothing else, more than anything else

はてはて

huh; well!; my, my; I'll be damned

育ての親

そだてのおや

foster parents

親に似ぬ子は鬼子

おやににぬこはおにご

He is unworthy of his father

無くても

なくても

even if not, even without

子育て

こそだて

child rearing, child raising, raising children, parenting

如くは無し

しくはなし

peerless, without equal

親の意見と茄子の花は千に一つも無駄はない

おやのいけんとなすびのはなはせんにひとつもむだはない

always listen to your parents; always value your parents' advice; not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain

親が親なら子も子

おやがおやならこもこ

what can you expect from a child with parents like that?; such parents, such children

はて

はてな

Dear me!, Good gracious!

ては

ちゃ ちゃあ

if (an action, etc.)

子は鎹

こはかすがい

children are a bond between husband and wife

無くてはならない

なくてはならない

cannot do without something, indispensable, absolutely necessary