親戚 (しんせき, shinseki) Japanese meaning: relative | Kotomora月
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Relatives gathered for New Year's.
He went to Hokkaido to visit a distant relative.
Usage patterns
親戚が集まるrelatives gather (e.g. for a holiday or funeral)
At New Year's, relatives get together and have a meal.
親戚を訪ねるto visit a relative
During summer vacation I visited relatives in the countryside.
〈人〉は〈人〉の親戚だX is Y's relative
He is a relative of my father's.
親戚を頼るto rely on/turn to relatives (e.g. for help)
I plan to rely on relatives until I find a new place to live.
家族 usually means the immediate family living together, whereas 親戚 refers to extended relatives who may live elsewhere.
親戚 is the common, casual word for relatives in general (blood or marriage), while 血縁 is a more formal term limited to blood ties.
係
kinship relations; extended family ties
relations with relatives; socializing with relatives · treating a non-relative as family; being on close terms as if relatives
