► 名詞
家 [(2)いえ] meaning: family rank: 1
☆ 彼は家の商売を継いだ ⇨ He succeeded his family business
☆ 彼女はいい家の出だ ⇨ She is from a good family
☆ その大名の御家は御取潰しになった (おいえ おとりつぶし) ⇨ The privileged status of the warlord’s family was revoked (☛ The entire family)
家 [(2)いえ] meaning: home rank: 1
☆ 彼女は家に帰った ⇨ She went home
家 [(2)いえ] meaning: house rank: 1
☆ あれが私の家です ⇨ That’s my house (☛ A house, as opposed to an apartment, dorm, etc.)
家 [(2)うち] [coll] meaning: home rank: 1
☆ 家に帰ろう ⇨ Let’s go home (☛ A place where you live, regardless of the format (house, apartment, dorm, etc.))
☆ うちに来ない？ ⇨ Why don’t you come to my house, place? (☛ When used alone it automatically implies “my house, place”.)
► 接尾辞
家 [か] meaning: person rank: 2
☆ 彼は大変な自信家だ ⇨ He is very self-confident (☛ A person with a specific personality trait. More formal than 屋)
☆ 彼女は大変な努力家だ ⇨ She is a real hard worker (☛ A person with a specific personality trait. More formal than 屋)
家 [か] meaning: professional rank: 2
☆ 彼は有名な彫刻家、舞踊家、音楽家だ ⇨ He is a famous sculptor, dancer, musician (☛ Typically used for artistic experts)
家 [け] meaning: family rank: 2
☆ 天皇家の家系図 ⇨ The family tree of the royal family
☆ 山田家の一日 ⇨ A typical day of Yamada family, household
More examples:
- 国家機密 ⇨ A state secret. Classified information
- 無所属の政治家 ⇨ A politician with no party affiliation. An independent politician
- 各界から専門家が集まった ⇨ Experts from various fields gathered
- 彼は専門家みたいな風を吹かせている ⇨ He is acting arrogantly like an expert (when he is not)
- アジアでは家の中が明るく照明されていることが普通だ ⇨ It is common to lit rooms brightly in Asian homes
- 彼等は家具を特注した ⇨ They custom-ordered their furniture
- 国家には自衛する権利が有る ⇨ A nation has the right to defend itself
- 専門家が今年の株式市場を展望した ⇨ Experts provided an outlook on this year’s stock market
- 一家の長 ⇨ The head of a family
- 彼は四十才の時に出家した ⇨ He left the secular world (to be a buddhist monk) when he was 40
- 安普請された家 ⇨ A cheaply-built house
- 彼女は家中の窓を閉め切って外に一歩も出ない ⇨ She closes all the windows of the house, and won’t even take one step out
- 彼は窓から家の中を覗き見た ⇨ He peeked inside the house through a window
- 彼はちゃんとした家の出身だ ⇨ He is from a good family
- 強欲な政治家 ⇨ A greedy politician