実 家(じっか)

じっか

noun

parents' home, family home

1. parents' home, family home

The home where one's parents live; one's original family home that one has left.

週末(しゅうまつ)は実家(じっか)に帰(かえ)る。

I go home to my parents' place on weekends.

実家(じっか)は大阪(おおさか)にある。

My parents' home is in Osaka.

実家(じっか)から野菜(やさい)が送(おく)られてきた。

Vegetables were sent from my parents' home.

大学(だいがく)を出(で)てから実家(じっか)を離(はな)れた。

I left my parents' home after graduating from university.

お正月(しょうがつ)は家族(かぞく)みんなで実家(じっか)に集(あつ)まる。

For New Year's, the whole family gathers at our parents' home.

実家(じっか) refers specifically to one's parents' or birth family's home.

Common patterns

実家(じっか)に帰(かえ)る (to go back to one's parents' home)
実家(じっか)から通(かよ)う (to commute from parents' home)
実家(じっか)を出(で)る (to leave one's parents' home)
実家(じっか)暮(ぐ)らし (living with parents)

Similar words

実家(じっか): parents' home (where parents live)
故郷(ふるさと)/郷里(きょうり): hometown (place of origin)
本家(ほんけ): main family house (in extended family)

Usage

Used when someone has moved out but visits their parents
Common topic in adult conversations about family

Related Words

Related: 故郷(こきょう) (hometown)

Related: 家(いえ) (house, home)

Compare: 故郷(ふるさと) (hometown)

Compare: 郷里(きょうり) (hometown)

Compare: 本家(ほんけ) (main family house)

Compare: 親元(おやもと) (parents' home)

Compare: 帰(かえ)り先(さき) (place one returns to)

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Added 2026.1.11 20:15 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01

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