家族

• 読み: かぞく
• ローマ字: kazoku
• 漢字の分解: 家 (ka/ie) — house, home; 族 (zoku) — tribe, clan
• 発音: /ka.zo.kɯ/

意味

Family. Refers to one's own family as a unit.

Used when talking about your own family to others. The polite form ご家族 (go-kazoku) is used when referring to someone else's family. This is one of the first words taught in JLPT N5 because family is a core conversation topic.

例文

1. 私の家族は四人です。
2. 家族と一緒に晩ご飯を食べます。
3. 週末は家族で公園に行きました。

使い方ガイド

場面: self-introduction, daily life, conversations about home

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Composed of 家 (ie/ka, 'house/home') and 族 (zoku, 'tribe/clan'). Together they mean the group of people belonging to one household.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal