Words for family members and other relatives in Japanese. There are two sets of words for family in Japanese: one is used when talking about your family, and the other is used when talking about other people's families, and to older members of your own family. The former is labelled inf and the latter is labelled frm.
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| family | 家族 (kazoku) - infご家族 (go kazoku) - frm |
| relative | 親戚 (shinseki) |
| parents | 両親 (ryōshin) - infご両親 (go ryōshin) - frm |
| father | 父 (chichi) - infお父さん (otō san) - frm |
| mother | 母 (haha) - infお母さん (okā san) - frm |
| children | 子供 (kodomo) - infお子さん (oko san) - frm |
| son | 息子 (musuko) - inf息子さん (musuko san) - frm |
| daughter | 娘 (musume) - infお嬢さん (ojō san) - frm |
| spouse | 配偶者 (haigūsha)伴侶 (hanryo)伉配 (kōhai) |
| husband | 夫 (otto) - inf主人 (shujin)亭主 (teishu)ご主人 (go shujin) - frm |
| wife | 妻 (tsuma) - inf家内 (kanai)女房 (nyōbō)奥さん (oku san) - frm |
| siblings | 兄弟姉妹 (kyōdaishimai) |
| siblings (brothers) | 兄弟 (kyōdai) - infご兄弟 (go kyōdai) - frm |
| siblings (sisters) | 姉妹 (shimai) |
| older brother | 兄 (ani) - infお兄さん (onī san) - frm |
| older sister | 姉 (ane) - infお姉さん (onē san) - frm |
| younger brother | 弟 (otōto) - inf弟さん (otōto san) - frm |
| youger sister | 妹 (imōto) - inf妹さん (imōto san) - frm |
| uncle(older than parent) | 伯父 (oji) - infおじさん (oji san) - frm |
| uncle(younger than parent) | 叔父 (oji) - infおじさん (oji san) - frm |
| aunt(older than parent) | 伯母 (oba) - infおばさん (oba san) - frm |
| aunt(younger than parent) | 叔母 (oba) - infおばさん (oba san) - frm |
| cousin | いとこ (itoko) 従兄 (jūkei) - elder male 従弟 (jūtei) - younger male 従姉 (jūshi) - elder female 従妹 (jūmei) - younger female 従兄弟 (jūkeitei) - male (pl) 従姉妹 (jūshimei) - female (pl) |
| nephew | 甥 (oi); 甥っ子 (oikko) - inf甥御 (oigo) - frm |
| niece | 姪 (mei); 姪っ子 (meikko) - inf姪御 (meigo) - frm |
| grandfather | 祖父 (sofu); 爺 (jiji) - infお爺さん/お祖父さん (ojī san) - frm |
| grandmother | 祖母 (sobo) - infお姉さん (onē san) - frm |
| grandchild | 孫 (mago) - infお孫さん (omago san) - frm |
| grandson | 孫息子 (mago musuku) |
| granddaughter | 孫娘 (mago musume) |
| father-in-law | 義理の父 (giri no chichi)義父 (gifu)舅 (shūto) |
| mother-in-law | 義理の野母 (giri no haha)義母 (gibo)姑 (shūtome) |
| brother-in-lawstepbrother | 義兄 (gikei) 義理の兄 (giri no ani) - older 義弟 (gitei) 義理の弟 (giri no otōto) - younger |
| sister-in-lawstepsister | 義姉 (gishi) 義理の姉 (gishi no ane) - older 義妹 (gimei) 義理の妹 (gishi no mai) - younger |
| son-in-law | 義理の息子 (giri no musuko) |
| daughter-in-law | 嫁姑 (yome shūtome) |
Links
Japanese family words https://www.thoughtco.com/family-japanese-vocabulary-2028118 https://www.learn-japanese-adventure.com/japanese-family.html https://takelessons.com/live/japanese/japanese-vocabulary-family-z05 http://www.punipunijapan.com/japanese-family/
More words for cousins http://www.jisho.org/search/cousin
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