一いっ家か

also: いっけ

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か

Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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.

Written forms

一家Usage100%
- いっか
  Standard and common reading for all main senses: family, household, style or school, and yakuza family.
- いっけ
  Attested alternate reading, much less common than いっか; included mainly for recognition.
いっけUsage<1%
イッケUsage<1%

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
家house, home, family

Similar words

家か族ぞく
The ordinary word for one's family members; 一家 emphasizes the household or family as a single unit.
家か庭てい
Refers to the home or domestic life; 一家 refers more to the family or household group itself.
流りゅう派は
A more direct word for an artistic or scholarly school; 一家 in this sense often appears in formal set expressions such as 一家を成す.

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound of 一, 'one,' and 家, 'house, family, school.' The written form transparently supports the senses of one household, one family line, or one school, though this is a component explanation rather than a detailed historical derivation.