縁者(えんじゃ)

えんじゃ
noun
relatives; relations; connected persons
1. relatives; relations; connected persons
People connected by blood, marriage, or other ties — including extended family and in-laws. More formal and broader than just blood relatives.
遠(とお)い縁者(えんじゃ)にあたる。
(They) are distant relations.
親類(しんるい)縁者(えんじゃ)一同(いちどう)が集(あつ)まった。
Relatives and connections all gathered together.
彼(かれ)には頼(たよ)れる縁者(えんじゃ)が一人(ひとり)もいない。
He has not a single relative he can rely on.

Compound of 縁(えん) (connection, tie) + 者(じゃ) (person). Formal vocabulary, more often seen in written language or legal/genealogical contexts than in everyday conversation.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 親類(しんるい)縁者(えんじゃ): relatives and connections (set phrase)
  • 遠(とお)い縁者(えんじゃ): a distant relation
  • 縁者(えんじゃ)にあたる: to be a relation (of someone)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 親戚(しんせき): relatives — the everyday word; usually blood/marriage relatives
  • 親類(しんるい): relatives — similar to 親戚(しんせき) but slightly more formal
  • 身内(みうち): family; one's own people — emphasizes the inner circle of close kin
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