親族 (しんぞく, shinzoku) Japanese meaning: relative | Kotomora族
だけ
が
招
待
さ
れ
た
。
Only relatives were invited to the wedding.
He went to Kyushu to visit distant relatives.
Usage patterns
親族が集まるrelatives gather (together)
Relatives gathered for the memorial service.
親族に知らせるto inform one's relatives (of something)
I told my relatives about the marriage.
親族一同all the relatives (as a group)
All the relatives celebrated together.
親族 is the formal, often legal term for kin (as in inheritance law), while 親類 is the more everyday word for relatives.
kinship; family relationship
