Japanese - More family members

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(your own) wife	妻つまtsuma
(I) live together with my wife and children.	妻つま　と　子こ供どもたち　と　一いっ緒しょ　に　住すんで　います。tsuma to kodomotachi to issho ni sunde imasu.
My wife is my best friend.	妻つま　は　私わたし　の　親しん友ゆう　です。tsuma wa watashi no shinyuu desu.
(someone else's) wife	奥おくさんokusan
Is your wife a doctor?	奥おくさん　は　医い者しゃ　です　か。okusan wa isha desu ka.
Mr. Tanaka's wife is very kind.	田た中なかさん　の　奥おくさん　は　とても　親しん切せつ　です。tanakasan no okusan wa totemo shinsetsu desu.
(your own) wife	家か内ないkanai This term is more old-fashioned and formal, and it's often used by older men when referring to their own wives, particularly in formal or public settings. It carries a more humble and traditional connotation. Note how the kanji in this word correspond to traditional gender roles. Therefore, younger people tend to prefer using the word 妻つま.
(I) love my wife's cooking.	家か内ない　の　料りょう理り　が　大だい好すき　です。kanai no ryouri ga daisuki desu.
My wife started a new job.	家か内ない　は　新あたらしい　仕し事ごと　を　始はじめました。kanai wa atarashii shigoto o hajimemashita.
(your own) husband	夫おっとotto
My husband's company is located in the city center.	夫おっと　の　会かい社しゃ　は　都と心しん　に　あります。otto no kaisha wa toshin ni arimasu.
(I) enjoyed a barbecue with my husband's friends.	夫おっと　の　友ゆう人じんたち　と　バーベキュー　を　楽たのしんだ。otto no yuujintachi to baabekyuu o tanoshinda.
husband	(ご)主しゅ人じん(go)shujin Note how, just as with 家か内ない the kanji in this word correspond to traditional gender roles. The problem is that though among friends you can use 夫おっと, in a less casual setting there's not currently really a good alternative to ご主しゅ人じん to politely refer to someone else's husband.
(I) will go to see a film with my husband.	主しゅ人じん　と　フィルム　を　見み　に　行いきます。shujin to firumu o mi ni ikimasu.
Is your husband well?	ご主しゅ人じん　は　お元げん気き　です　か。goshujin wa ogenki desu ka.
family	家か族ぞくkazoku
My family consists of four people.	私わたし　の　家か族ぞく　は　四よ人にん　です。watashi no kazoku wa yonin desu.
family trip	家か族ぞく旅りょ行こうkazokuryokou
The family trip was fun.	家か族ぞく旅りょ行こう　は　楽たのしかった　です。kazokuryokou wa tanoshikatta desu.
How is your family? (Is your family well?)	ご家か族ぞく　は　元げん気き　です　か。gokazoku wa genki desu ka.
mother	母はは親おやhahaoya
His mother is a teacher.	彼かれ　の　母はは親おや　は　先せん生せい　です。kare no hahaoya wa sensei desu.
(I) gave flowers to my mother.	母はは親おや　に　花はな　を　上あげました。hahaoya ni hana o agemashita.
father	父ちち親おやchichioya
My father reads the newspaper every day.	父ちち親おや　は　毎まい日にち　新しん聞ぶん　を　読よみます。chichioya wa mainichi shinbun o yomimasu.
Her father is a famous painter.	彼かの女じょ　の　父ちち親おや　は　有ゆう名めいな　画が家か　だ。kanojo no chichioya wa yuumeina gaka da.
grandmother; old lady	(お)婆ばあさん(o)baasan
His grandmother is 90 years old.	彼かれ　の　お婆ばあさん　は　九きゅう十じゅっ歳さい　です。kare no obaasan wa kyuujussai desu.
Grandmother's house is in the mountains.	お婆ばあさん　の　家いえ　は　山やま　の　中なか　に　ある。obaasan no ie wa yama no naka ni aru.
grandfather; old man	(お)祖じ父いさん(o)jiisan
Grandfather's house is in the center of town.	お祖じ父いさん　の　家いえ　は　町まち　の　中ちゅう心しん　に　あります。ojiisan no ie wa machi no chuushin ni arimasu.
Yamada's grandfather is a novelist.	山やま田ださん　の　お祖じ父いさん　は　作さっ家か　です。yamadasan no ojiisan wa sakka desu.
grandfather	祖そ父ふsofu 祖そ父ふ is a formal alternative for grandfather. You might encounter this word in written contexts or official documents. In most contexts it's advised to use お祖じい父さんさん instead, as it sounds more friendly and respectful.
to pass away; to die	亡なくなるnakunaru
My grandfather passed away at the age of seventy.	祖そ父ふ　は　七なな十じゅっ歳さい　で　亡なくなった。sofu wa nanajussai de nakunatta.
His grandfather lived in Tokyo.	彼かれ　の　祖そ父ふ　は　東とう京きょう　に　住すんで　いました。kare no sofu wa toukyou ni sunde imashita.
grandmother	祖そ母ぼsobo 祖そ母ぼ is a formal alternative for grandmother. You might encounter this word in written contexts or official documents. In most contexts it's advised to use お婆ばあさん instead, as it sounds more friendly and respectful.
My grandmother died of cancer.	祖そ母ぼ　は　ガン　で　亡なくなった。sobo wa gan de nakunatta.
Her grandmother had a heart disease.	彼かの女じょ　の　祖そ母ぼ　は　心こころ　の　病びょう気き　を　持もって　いました。kanojo no sobo wa kokoro no byouki o motte imashita. Using 持もって　いる suggests that the condition or disease is chronic, whereas かかって　いる is neutral with respect to duration.
baby, infant	赤あかちゃんakachan
The baby drinks milk.	赤あかちゃん　は　ミルク　を　飲のみます。akachan wa miruku o nomimasu.
The baby has started walking.	赤あかちゃん　は　歩あるき　始はじめました。akachan wa aruki hajimemashita.
uncle	伯お父じoji
My uncle plays with the kids in the park.	伯お父じ　は　子こ供どもたち　と　公こう園えん　で　遊あそびます。oji wa kodomotachi to kouen de asobimasu.
Mr. Tanaka's uncle works at my company.	田た中なかさん　の　伯お父じさん　は　私わたし　の　会かい社しゃ　で　働はたらいて　います。tanakasan no ojisan wa watashi no kaisha de hataraite imasu.
maternal side	母はは方かたhahakata
That uncle is his maternal uncle.	あの　伯お父じさん　は　彼かれ　の　母はは方かた　の　伯お父じさん　です。ano ojisan wa kare no hahakata no ojisan desu.
aunt	伯お母ばoba
overseas, abroad, foreign	海かい外がいkaigai
overseas trip; travel abroad	海かい外がい旅りょ行こうkaigairyokou
every year	毎まい年ねんmainen
My aunt enjoys traveling abroad every year.	伯お母ば　は　毎まい年ねん　海かい外がい旅りょ行こう　を　楽たのしんで　います。oba wa mainen kaigairyokou o tanoshinde imasu.
owner (of a store); landlord	主しゅ人じんshujin
Is Mr. Yamada's aunt the owner of that shop?	山やま田ださん　の　伯お母ばさん　は　あの　お店みせ　の　主しゅ人じん　です　か。yamadasan no obasan wa ano omise no shujin desu ka.
paternal side	父ちち方かたchichikata
My paternal grandmother was born overseas.	父ちち方かた　の　お婆ばあさん　は　海かい外がい　で　生うまれました。chichikata no obaasan wa kaigai de umaremashita.
family photo	家か族ぞく写しゃ真しんkazokushashin
We take a family photo every year.	私わたしたち　は　毎まい年とし　家か族ぞく写しゃ真しん　を　取とります。watashitachi wa maitoshi kazokushashin o torimasu.

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