二に親しん等とう

noun

second degree of kinship

Legal term referring to relatives two steps away in the family tree, such as siblings, grandparents, and grandchildren. Used in contexts like inheritance law and family registration.

• 民みん法ぽうでは、兄きょう弟だい姉し妹まいは二に親しん等とうの親しん族ぞくにあたる。

  Under the Civil Code, siblings are relatives of the second degree of kinship.

• 二に親しん等とう以い内ないの親しん族ぞくが相そう続ぞく人にんとなる場ば合あいがある。

  Relatives within the second degree of kinship may become heirs.