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親類縁者 (shinruienja) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

親しん類るい縁えん者じゃ

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Meanings

1

relatives by blood and marriage; kith and kin

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)›

A yojijukugo encompassing all relatives, both blood relations and those connected through marriage. Often used in formal or legal contexts.

結けっ婚こん式しきには親しん類るい縁えん者じゃが大

おお

勢ぜい

集あつ

まっ

た

。

Many relatives by blood and marriage gathered at the wedding.

親しん類るい縁えん者じゃを代だい表ひょうしてご挨あい拶さつ申もうし上あげます。

I would like to give a greeting on behalf of all the relatives.

Kanji

親parent, intimacy, relative
類sort, kind, variety
縁affinity, relation, connection
者someone, person

Related words

親しん戚せき
親戚 is the common word for 'relative' in everyday speech. 親類縁者 is more formal and emphatic, explicitly including both blood and in-law relatives.
親しん類るい
親類 is a general term for relatives, but 親類縁者 adds 縁者 to stress the inclusion of relatives by marriage.

Built from

親しん類るい+縁えん者じゃ

Etymology

A yojijukugo combining 親類 (blood relatives) and 縁者 (relatives by marriage). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the phrase has been used since at least the Edo period to refer to one's entire extended family.