► 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☆ その大名の御家は御取潰しになった (おいえ おとりつぶし) ⇨ The privileged status of the warlord’s family was revoked (☛ The entire family)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:
- 湖のほとりに佇む小さな家 ⇨ A small house by the lake
- 彼の家に行ったが留守だった ⇨ I went to his house but nobody was there
- 彼等の家に招待を受けた ⇨ I received an invitation to their house
- 荷物は家に直接送られた ⇨ The package was sent to my house direct
- 彼は家の名誉を汚した ⇨ He dishonored the family
- 家庭環境は子供の人格を形作る最も大きな要素だ ⇨ Family environment is the biggest element in forming a child’s personality
- 幸か不幸か家族で彼一人生き残った ⇨ Fortunate or unfortunate, only he survived in his family
- 家には多くの維持費が掛かる ⇨ Houses require a lot of maintenance costs
- その家は人通りから遮蔽された所にある ⇨ The house is blocked away from busy streets
- 世界最強の国家、即ち米国 ⇨ The most powerful country in the world, namely the US
- この家は築十年だから新しくはない ⇨ This house is 10 years old, so it is not new
- その家はコンクリートの塀に囲まれている ⇨ The house is surrounded by concrete fences
- 土砂崩れで家は土台から流された ⇨ The house was washed away from the foundation by the mudslide
- 専門家がテレビでニュースを解説した ⇨ An expert broke down the news on TV
- 子供の頃私の家庭はいざこざが絶えなかった ⇨ There were always fights, problems, in my family when I was a child