拡かく張ちょう家か族ぞく

noun

extended family

Sociological term referring to a family unit that includes relatives beyond the nuclear family, such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, or cousins, often living together or in close proximity.

• 日本にほんでは、かつて拡かく張ちょう家か族ぞくが一いっ般ぱん的てきでした。

  In Japan, extended families were once common.

• 拡かく張ちょう家か族ぞくの概がい念ねんは、社しゃ会かい学がくでよく使つかわれます。

  The concept of extended family is often used in sociology.