家族(かぞく)

かぞく
noun
family
1. family
A group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption living together.
家族(かぞく)は4人(にん)です。
My family has 4 people.
家族(かぞく)と一緒(いっしょ)に旅行(りょこう)しました。
I traveled with my family.
ご家族(かぞく)はお元気(げんき)ですか？お父(とう)さんにもよろしくお伝(つた)えください。
Is your family well? Please give my regards to your father too.
ご家族 = your family (polite)
週末(しゅうまつ)は家族(かぞく)と一緒(いっしょ)に料理(りょうり)を作(つく)って、みんなで食事(しょくじ)をするのが楽(たの)しみです。
On weekends, I look forward to cooking with my family and eating together.
彼(かれ)は家族(かぞく)を大切(たいせつ)にする人(ひと)で、毎週(まいしゅう)日曜日(にちようび)は仕事(しごと)をしないで家族(かぞく)と過(す)ごすと決(き)めています。
He is a person who values his family and has decided not to work on Sundays but to spend them with his family.

家族(かぞく) is the standard word for family—the group of people related by blood, marriage, or adoption.

POLITENESS:

  • 家族(かぞく): my family (neutral)
  • ご家族(かぞく): your/someone's family (polite)

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • 家族(かぞく)は〜人(にん)です: My family has ~ people
  • 家族(かぞく)と一緒(いっしょ)に: together with family
  • 家族(かぞく)を大切(たいせつ)にする: to value one's family

RELATED TERMS:

  • 親(おや): parent(s)
  • 父(ちち)/母(はは): father/mother (own)
  • 兄弟(きょうだい): siblings
  • 親戚(しんせき): relatives

Related Words

See also: 父(ちち)
See also: 母(はは)
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Added 2026.1.7 23:44 · Revised 2026.2.10 6:37
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