一いっ家か

noun

family; household; whole family

Refers to a family or household as a unit, often with the sense of the whole family together or the people one supports at home.

• 父ちちは長なが年ねん、一いっ家かを支ささえてきた。

  My father supported the family for many years.

• 夏なつ休やすみに一いっ家かで北ほっ海かい道どうへ旅りょ行こうした。

  During summer vacation, the whole family traveled to Hokkaido.

noun

one's own style; school

Used for an established personal style, artistic line, scholarly school, or recognized approach; especially common in expressions such as 一家を成す.

• 彼かれは若わかくして日本にほん画がの世せ界かいで一いっ家かを成なした。

  He established his own school in the world of Japanese painting while still young.

noun

gang; yakuza family

Underworld or crime-related use for a gang organization, especially a yakuza group treated as a 'family.'

• 警けい察さつは暴ぼう力りょく団だんの一いっ家かの事じ務む所しょを捜そう索さくした。

  The police searched the office of a yakuza family.