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Learn Hardcore Japanese: sinseki - relative

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 54
/shinseki

shinseki

Word

親戚しんせきshinseki

Meaning

relative

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of shinseki

祝日しゅくじつ　だから、　親戚しんせき　が　祖父そふ　の　家いえ　に　集あつまります。shukujitsu dakara, shinseki ga sofu no ie ni atsumarimasu.

Because it is a holiday, relatives gather at my grandfather’s house.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

親戚しんせき　の　子供こどもたち　は、　焼やきそば　より　唐揚からあげ　の　ほう　が　好すき　だ。shinseki no kodomotachi wa, yakisoba yori karaage no hou ga suki da.

The relatives’ children like fried chicken more than yakisoba.

親戚しんせき　が　車くるま　を　出だして　くれる　ので、　私わたしたち　は　電車でんしゃ　で　行いかなくて　済すみます。shinseki ga kuruma o dashite kureru node, watashitachi wa densha de ikanakute sumimasu.

Since a relative will drive us, we do not have to go by train.

親戚しんせき　の　集あつまり　で　は、　まず　枝豆えだまめ　を　食たべて、　それから　刺身さしみ　や　焼やき鳥とり　を　ゆっくり　食たべます。shinseki no atsumari de wa, mazu edamame o tabete, sorekara sashimi ya yakitori o yukkuri tabemasu.

At family gatherings, we first eat edamame, and then slowly eat sashimi and yakitori.

親戚しんせき　の　家いえ　に　行いく　前まえ　に、　枝豆えだまめ　と　焼やき鳥とり　を　スーパー　で　買かいました。shinseki no ie ni iku mae ni, edamame to yakitori o suupaa de kaimashita.

Before going to my relatives’ house, I bought edamame and yakitori at the supermarket.

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