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親族 — meaning in English

shinzoku

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English meaning

  • family noun A group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption, especially parents and their children.
  • kin noun One's relatives, considered together as a group.
  • kinship noun The connection between people through blood, marriage, or adoption.
  • relationship noun The way two or more people or things are connected, or the connection itself.

Senses

親族 is used for these senses in English:

  • family A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
  • kin One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively.
  • kinship Relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption.
  • relationship Kinship; being related by blood or marriage.

family — full definition

  1. noun A group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption, especially parents and their children.
  2. noun A group of related things classified together, such as a category in biology or a set of related languages.
  3. adjective Suitable for both children and adults.

kin — full definition

  1. noun One's relatives, considered together as a group.
  2. adj Related by blood or marriage.

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