別べっ家け

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

branch family; cadet family

Refers to a family line that has split off from the main family, often in traditional Japanese household systems. Also used for the act of establishing such a branch.

• 彼かれは本ほん家けから別べっ家けして、新あたらしい事じ業ぎょうを始はじめた。

  He branched off from the main family and started a new business.

• この地ち域いきには、江え戸ど時じ代だいから続つづく別べっ家けが多おおい。

  In this area, there are many branch families that have continued since the Edo period.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

setting up a new shop under the same name after leaving one's employer

Specifically refers to a former employee leaving to establish an independent business while retaining the original shop name, often with the master's permission. Related to the practice of 暖簾分け (noren-wake).

See also: 暖簾分け

• 暖の簾れん分わけとして、彼かれは暖の簾れんを守まもりながら別べっ家けした。

  As a noren-wake, he set up a branch shop while preserving the goodwill of the original.

• 長なが年ねん勤つとめた後あと、主しゅ人じんの許ゆるしを得えて別べっ家けを許ゆるされた。

  After many years of service, he was permitted to establish his own shop under the same name.

noun

separate house

Archaic meaning; refers to a physically separate dwelling, not necessarily a branch family. Rarely used in modern Japanese.

• 古こ文もん書じょには、別べっ家けを構かまえることが記しるされている。

  Old documents record the building of a separate house.