► 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☆ その大名の御家は御取潰しになった (おいえ おとりつぶし) ⇨ The privileged status of the warlord’s family was revoked (☛ The entire family)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:
- 専門家に頼んだほうがむしろ安くつく ⇨ It will end up cheaper to ask professionals to do it
- 最近家族全員で食事することが少ない ⇨ We don’t eat together as a family very often recently
- 彼は自称専門家だ ⇨ He is a self-proclaimed expert
- 家の中はしーんとしていた ⇨ It was dead quiet inside the house
- プロの写真家が撮影した写真 ⇨ Pictures taken by a professional photographer
- 家の前で工事していて煩い ⇨ It is very nosy because some construction work is going on in front of my house
- 腐敗した政治家 ⇨ Corrupt politicians
- 家の裏っ側・裏側に小川が流れている (うらっかわ・うらがわ) ⇨ There is a creek running behind the house
- 私の家 ⇨ My house
- 彼は家の壁のペンキを塗り替えた ⇨ He applied new paint on the house walls
- 専門家にも難しいのに、況んや素人にはとても無理だ ⇨ It’s difficult for experts, so it’s obviously impossible for amateurs
- 安普請された家 ⇨ A cheaply-built house
- 有名政治家の回想録 ⇨ The memoir of a famous politician
- 新しい家は昔の家よりずっと広い ⇨ Our new house has much more space than the old one
- 家の庭の芝 ⇨ The lawn in the yard of my house