► 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☆ その大名の御家は御取潰しになった (おいえ おとりつぶし) ⇨ The privileged status of the warlord’s family was revoked (☛ The entire family)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:
- 多くの拳闘家がブルース・リーの道場破りに挑んだ ⇨ Many martial artists challenged Bruce Lee’s martial art school
- 泥棒は窓を破って家の中に侵入した ⇨ The thief broke a window and entered, invade, the house
- 彼の家は金持ちだ ⇨ His family is rich
- 専門家でも分からないのにまして私に分かる訳がない ⇨ Even experts can’t figure it out. More so for me, there is no way I can figure it out
- 津波で多くの家が押し流された ⇨ Many houses were washed away by tsunami
- 彼等は狭い家で毎日鼻を突き合わせて生活している ⇨ They live in a small house while touching their noses, facing each other, everyday
- 終電を逃したら家に帰れなくなるよ ⇨ You won’t be able to go home if you miss the last train
- 家来は王を諌めた ⇨ The adviser offered a criticism to the king
- この辺の家は無茶苦茶に高い ⇨ The houses around here are extremely expensive
- 家の間取り ⇨ The floorplan of the house
- 将軍の家来 ⇨ The servants of the shogun
- 家の中は真っ暗だった ⇨ It was pitch dark inside the house
- 建築中の家は未だ電気が通じていない ⇨ Electricity is not yet connected to the house under construction
- 国家が存立するための条件 ⇨ The conditions for a nation to exist
- 彼は急用があって家に帰った ⇨ He went home because of some emergency