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実家 (じっか) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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My family home is in a quiet place in the countryside.
Usage patterns 実じっ 家か に 帰かえ る to go back to one's parents' home
I'm planning to go back to my parents' home for the Obon holiday.
実じっ 家か を 出で る to move out of one's parents' home
I moved out of my parents' home when I started university.
実じっ 家か で 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something (live, stay, etc.) at one's parents' home
I'm currently living at my parents' home.
実じっ 家か に 電でん 話わ する to call one's parents' home
I call my parents' home every Sunday.
実じっ 家か に 泊と まる to stay overnight at one's parents' home
I'm planning to stay overnight at my parents' home for the New Year holiday.
実じっ 家か から 〈 物もの 〉 が 届とど く for something to arrive from one's parents' home
A package arrived from my parents' home.
Related words 生家 is a formal, often literary word for the house where one was born, while 実家 is the everyday term for one's parents' current home.
里 is an older, more literary word for one's parental home, traditionally used when a married woman speaks of returning there, whereas 実家 is the neutral, everyday term anyone uses.
自宅 means one's own current residence, while 実家 specifically means the home where one's parents live.
Don't confuse with 故郷 refers broadly to one's hometown or home region, while 実家 refers specifically to the actual house where one's parents live.
実家 means one's parents' or family home (often not where one currently lives), while 自宅 means the home one currently resides in.
実家 specifically means one's parents' house or family home, while ふるさと refers more broadly to the town or region one grew up in, not just the house.
Etymology Compound of 実 (じつ, 'real, true') and 家 (か, 'house, home'), with rendaku voicing of か to が. The kanji 実 here carries the nuance of one's actual or original home, as opposed to a temporary residence.
実家 refers specifically to one's parents' or family home, while 自家 refers to one's own current residence, so the two are easily mixed up in meaning.
