Japanese - More family members

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(your own) wife	妻つまtuma
(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。tuma to kodomotati to issyo 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。tuma ha watasi no sinyuu 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 ha isya 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 ha totemo sinsetu 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 ha atarasii sigoto wo hazimemasita.
(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 kaisya ha tosin 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 yuuzintati to baabekyuu wo tanosinda.
husband	(ご)主しゅ人じん(go)syuzin 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。syuzin to firumu wo mi ni ikimasu.
Is your husband well?	ご主しゅ人じん　は　お元げん気き　です　か。gosyuzin ha 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。watasi no kazoku ha 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 ha tanosikatta 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 ha 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 ha 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 wo agemasita.
father	父ちち親おやtitioya
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。titioya ha mainiti sinbun wo 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。kanozyo no titioya ha 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 ha kyuuzyussai 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 ha yama no naka ni aru.
grandfather; old man	(お)祖じ父いさん(o)ziisan
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。oziisan no ie ha mati no tyuusin 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 oziisan ha sakka desu.
grandfather	祖そ父ふsohu 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。sohu ha nanazyussai 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 sohu ha toukyou ni sunde imasita.
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 ha 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。kanozyo no sobo ha kokoro no byouki wo motte imasita. 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akatyan
The baby drinks milk.	赤あかちゃん　は　ミルク　を　飲のみます。akatyan ha miruku wo nomimasu.
The baby has started walking.	赤あかちゃん　は　歩あるき　始はじめました。akatyan ha aruki hazimemasita.
uncle	伯お父じozi
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。ozi ha kodomotati 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 ozisan ha watasi no kaisya 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 ozisan ha kare no hahakata no ozisan 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 ha mainen kaigairyokou wo tanosinde imasu.
owner (of a store); landlord	主しゅ人じんsyuzin
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 ha ano omise no syuzin desu ka.
paternal side	父ちち方かたtitikata
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。titikata no obaasan ha kaigai de umaremasita.
family photo	家か族ぞく写しゃ真しんkazokusyasin
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。watasitati ha maitosi kazokusyasin wo torimasu.

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