► 代名詞
家の [うちの] [coll] meaning: my rank: 1
☆ うちのお父さん ⇨ My dad (☛ Of my family, group)
☆ うちの母親・姉・弟・夫・妻・息子・娘・祖母・叔父・犬・猫 ⇨ My mother, big sister, little brother, husband, wife, son, daughter, grandmother, uncle, dog, cat (☛ Only refers to your family members)
家の [うちの] [coll] meaning: our rank: 1
☆ うちの高校は日本で最も古い高校の一つだ ⇨ Our high school is one of the oldest in Japan
☆ うちの犬は柴だ ⇨ Our family dog is a Shiba (☛ Of our family, group)
☆ うちの会社は世界中に事務所を持っている ⇨ Our company has offices all over the world (☛ Used even when you are just an employee)
More examples:
- 秘書達は政治家のスキャンダルの巻き添えを食って仕事を失った ⇨ The assistants of the politician lost their jobs because of the ripple effect of his scandal
- 家の見取り図 ⇨ A floorplan of a house
- 我が家の愛犬 ⇨ Our beloved family dog
- 新聞が政治家の性的嫌がらせ容疑をすっぱ抜いた ⇨ The newspaper reported the politician’s sexual harassment allegation in an exclusive article
- 彼女は登山家の息子が事故にあわないかと気が気でない ⇨ She is very worried that her climber son might have an accident
- 彼は家の大工仕事は自分でやる ⇨ He does his house repair himself
- 彼女はいい家の出だ ⇨ She is from a good family
- 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
- 彼は金持ちの家の出だ ⇨ He’s from a rich family
- 舞踏家の靭やかな体 ⇨ A supple body of a dancer
- 専門家の目線で見た意見 ⇨ An opinion seen from the eyes of an expert
- 彼は家の壁に穴を開けて父親から大目玉を食らった ⇨ He made a hole in the house wall and got scold big time by his father
- この壺は収集家の垂涎の的だ ⇨ This pot is an object of desire for the collectors
- 国家の命運を決する戦い ⇨ A battle that decides the fate of the nation
- 家の事業を巡って兄弟がいがみ合っている ⇨ The brothers are fighting over their family business