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ファミリー (famirii) Japanese meaning: family | Kotomora
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A new family moved in next door.
This hotel has many rooms for families.
Related words 家族 is the ordinary, neutral native Japanese word for one's family, while ファミリー is a katakana loanword with a modern, commercial, or casual feel often seen in product names.
一家 refers formally to a household or family as a single unit, whereas ファミリー is a casual, trendy loanword often used in marketing contexts.
Written forms ファミリー Usage 99%
Standard katakana spelling; this is the priority form.
ファミリ Usage 1%
Shorter katakana variant given; less common than ファミリー in ordinary writing.
Etymology A katakana form used for the meaning 'family'; no separate language-of-origin etymology is specified.
family pack; family-size pack
