妻さい子し眷けん属ぞく

noun

one's wife, children, and other relations; one's whole family

A yojijukugo referring to one's immediate and extended family, often used in formal or literary contexts.

• 彼かれは妻さい子し眷けん属ぞくを養やしなうために懸けん命めいに働はたらいた。

  He worked hard to support his wife, children, and other family members.

• 戦せん乱らんで多おおくの人ひとが妻さい子し眷けん属ぞくと離はなればなれになった。

  Many people were separated from their whole families due to the war.