親しん族ぞく

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

General term for a person connected by blood or marriage; often used in legal or formal contexts, but also in everyday speech.

結けっ婚こん式しきには親しん族ぞくだけが招しょう待たいされた。
Only relatives were invited to the wedding.
彼かれは遠とおくの親しん族ぞくを訪たずねて九きゅう州しゅうへ行いった。
He went to Kyushu to visit distant relatives.

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Usage patterns

親しん族ぞくが集あつまるrelatives gather (together)
法ほう事じで親しん族ぞくが集あつまった。
Relatives gathered for the memorial service.
親しん族ぞくに知しらせるto inform one's relatives (of something)
結けっ婚こんのことを親しん族ぞくに知しらせた。
I told my relatives about the marriage.
親しん族ぞく一いち同どうall the relatives (as a group)
親しん族ぞく一いち同どうでお祝いわいをした。
All the relatives celebrated together.

Kanji

親parent, intimacy, relative
族tribe, family

Related words· 8

親しん戚せきN4
親戚 is the everyday, conversational word for relatives, while 親族 is the more formal or legal term covering the same relationships.
家か族ぞくN5
家族 refers to one's immediate household family, whereas 親族 is the broader term including extended relatives by blood or marriage.
近きん親しん
親族 covers relatives in general, even distant ones, while 近親 narrows this to close blood relations like parents, siblings, or children.
肉にく親しんN1
親族 is the broader legal term covering relatives by marriage and blood, while 肉親 specifically means blood relatives like parents and siblings.

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一いち族ぞく
親族 is a formal/legal term for relatives by blood or marriage, whereas 一族 emphasizes shared lineage and clan identity.
身み内うちN1
親族 is a formal, legal-sounding term for relatives, whereas 身内 is more personal and can also mean insiders or one's own group.
血けつ縁えんN1
親族 covers all relatives, including those by marriage or adoption, whereas 血縁 refers specifically to ties or relatives connected by blood.
親しん類るいN3
親族 is the formal, often legal term for kin (as in inheritance law), while 親類 is the more everyday word for relatives.

Opposites

他た人にんN3
他人 means a person unrelated to oneself, the direct opposite of 親族, who are one's relatives by blood or marriage.

Word family

親しん族ぞく法ほう
family law; kinship law
扶ふ養よう親しん族ぞく
dependent relative; dependent family member
親しん族ぞく結けっ婚こん
marriage between relatives; consanguineous marriage
親しん族ぞく関かん係けい
kinship; family relationship

Etymology

From Middle Chinese-derived elements 親 (close, intimate) and 族 (tribe, clan). The compound originally referred to members of the same clan or lineage.