絶ぜっ家け

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

extinct family; family line that has died out

Refers to a family or household that has ceased to exist, typically because there are no descendants to carry on the name. Often used in historical or genealogical contexts.

• その旧きゅう家かは江え戸ど時じ代だいに絶ぜっ家けした。

  That old family died out in the Edo period.

• 絶ぜっ家けとなった家か系けいの記き録ろくを調しらべる。

  I research the records of families that have become extinct.