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► 動詞
所帯染みる  [(6)しょたいじみる]    meaning:  family  rank: 4
☆ 彼女結婚してからすっかり所帯じみてしまった ⇨ She has completely become a soccer mom since she got married  (☛ Used in a negative sense, as in becoming too conservative in lifestyle, finance, fashion, etc. to protect one’s family)

► 成句
んち  [んち]  [の+家(うち)]  [coll]  [peer]    meaning:  family  rank: 3
☆ あいつんちは金持ちだ ⇨ His family is very rich
☆ お前んちの姉ちゃんすごい美人だな ⇨ Your big sister is super hot

► 名詞
  [(2)いえ]    meaning:  family  rank: 1
☆ は家の商売いだ ⇨ He succeeded his family business
☆ 彼女はいい家のだ ⇨ 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☆ その大名の御家は御取潰しになった (おいえ おとりつぶし) ⇨ The privileged status of the warlord’s family was revoked  (☛ The entire family)

家族  [(1)かぞく]    meaning:  family  rank: 1
☆ うちの家族は家族だ ⇨ My family is a big family
☆ 家族旅行 ⇨ A family trip
☆ は家族がもいない ⇨ He has no family

家庭  [かてい]  [liter]    meaning:  family  rank: 1
☆ 他人の家庭の事情からは判りにくい ⇨ It is hard to tell from outside what is going on in someone’s household  (☛ A family as an environment)
☆ かい家庭で育った ⇨ He grew up in a warm home, family, environment  (☛ A family as an environment)

親戚  [しんせき]    meaning:  family  rank: 1
☆ の親戚は住んでいる ⇨ All my relatives live in Kyushu  (☛ Relatives outside one’s immediate family)

親子  [(1)おやこ]    meaning:  family  rank: 2
☆ い親子 ⇨ Parents and children who don’t get along  (☛ Parents and children, and/or their relationships)

義理  [(2)ぎり]    meaning:  family  rank: 2
☆ 義理の ⇨ A mother-in-law. An adoptive mother. A father’s remarried wife  (☛ Any non-biological relationships by law)

妻子  [(1)さいし]  [liter]    meaning:  family  rank: 2
☆ には妻子がいる ⇨ He has a wife and a child, children  (☛ A wife and children)

我が家  [(1)わがや]  [liter]    meaning:  family  rank: 2
☆ 我が家は子供だ ⇨ My family is three kids, two dogs and one cat

一族  [(2)いちぞく]    meaning:  family  rank: 3
☆ 彼女ケネディ一族の出身だ ⇨ She is from the Kennedy family  (☛ An extended family, often over generations)

一家  [(1)いっか]    meaning:  family  rank: 3
☆ 一家で旅行かけた ⇨ We the entire family had a trip  (☛ Everybody in the household)

家系  [かけい]    meaning:  family  rank: 3
☆ 家系図 ⇨ A family tree
☆ 貴族の家系だ ⇨ He is from a former aristocrat family  (☛ Pedigree)

家族連れ  [かぞくづれ]    meaning:  family  rank: 3
☆ 御祭りは家族連れでれていた ⇨ The festival was full of families  (☛ A family, typically parents and young children, acting or going somewhere, together)

所帯  [(1)しょたい]  [liter]    meaning:  family  rank: 3
☆ 複数の所帯が同居している ⇨ A house cohabited by multiple families
☆ 所帯持ちの ⇨ A person with a spouse and children  (☛ A family made of dependents)

親族  [(1)しんぞく]    meaning:  family  rank: 3
☆ 郎新婦の親族の皆様こちらへどうぞ ⇨ The family members of the groom and the bride, please come this way
☆ 私達は親族会議いた ⇨ We had an extended family meeting

親類  [しんるい]    meaning:  family  rank: 3
☆ 親類一同一堂した ⇨ All of the relatives got together  (☛ Relatives as a group)

肉親  [にくしん]  [liter]    meaning:  family  rank: 3
☆ 患者は肉親以外面会出来ない ⇨ Only direct family members can visit the patient  (☛ Direct family members)

身内  [みうち]    meaning:  family  rank: 3
☆ 彼等会社主導権巡って身内で争っている ⇨ They are fighting within the family about who will control the company
☆ 結婚式は身内だけでした ⇨ Our wedding was done only with family members

身寄り  [みより]    meaning:  family  rank: 3
☆ 身寄りのないお年寄り ⇨ Elderlies without family  (☛ Family or someone that can help)

家柄  [いえがら]    meaning:  family  rank: 4
☆ 家柄の ⇨ Someone from a good, prestigious, family

遺族  [(1)いぞく]    meaning:  family  rank: 4
☆ 被害者の遺族 ⇨ The surviving family of victims  (☛ The surviving family of a diseased)

縁組  [えんぐみ]    meaning:  family  rank: 4
☆ 彼等養子縁組した ⇨ They officially become an adopter and adoptee  (☛ Become a family through marriage or adoption)

旧家  [きゅうか]    meaning:  family  rank: 4
☆ は旧家の出身だ ⇨ He is from a prestigious family  (☛ A prestigious family with long history, especially in countryside)

近親  [きんしん]    meaning:  family  rank: 4
☆ 近親相姦 ⇨ Incest

尊属  [そんぞく]  [tech]    meaning:  family  rank: 4
☆ は尊属殺人自動的死刑又無期懲役となった ⇨ In the past, parricide automatically received a death penalty or life sentence  (☛ Ancestors, typically your parents and grandparents)

► 接尾辞
  [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