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 NOTES:

  • 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)
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Added 2026.1.11 20:15 · Revised 2026.5.24 3:11
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