► 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☆ その大名の御家は御取潰しになった (おいえ おとりつぶし) ⇨ The privileged status of the warlord’s family was revoked (☛ The entire family)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:
- 盗みに入った家で寝ている所を捕まった間抜けな泥棒 ⇨ A stupid burglar who got arrested while sleeping in the house he had broken in
- 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
- 彼の家に空き巣が入った ⇨ His house was burglarized (while nobody was home)
- 彼は家のローンを完済した ⇨ He paid off his mortgage
- 彼は地震で倒れた家を建て直した ⇨ He rebuilt the house that had been destroyed by the earthquake
- 他所の家の事情は分からない ⇨ You never know what is going on inside somebody else’s house
- 江戸幕府将軍徳川家康 ⇨ The Edo regime shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa
- 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
- 家の裏口 ⇨ The back door of the house
- 国家機密 ⇨ A state secret. Classified information
- うわ、立派なお家ですね ⇨ Wow, you have an impressive house
- 投資家は彼の熱意に動かされた ⇨ The investors were persuaded by his passion
- 事業家 ⇨ An entrepreneur
- 家の中ではタバコは吸わないで下さい ⇨ Please do not smoke in the house
- 彼は急用があって家に帰った ⇨ He went home because of some emergency