family register; household registry
Official government record of a family unit, documenting births, deaths, marriages, and relationships. A core concept in Japanese family law.
In Japan, when you submit a birth notification, it is recorded in the family register.
When you get married, a new family register may be created.
census; population register
Rarely used alone for a modern national census; more often seen in historical or legal contexts referring to population records based on the household registry system.
The population registers of the Edo period were called shūmon ninbetsuchō.
After getting married, she was entered into her husband's family register.
We decided to transfer our family register when we moved.
After the divorce, he was removed from his mother's family register.
I looked into the family register to learn about my ancestors' roots.
official copy of part of family register