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[edit] Family and people
| English |
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| /(n) family/members of a family/(P)/ |
家族 |
かぞく |
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| /(n) (hon) mother/(P)/ |
お母さん |
おかあさん |
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| /(n) (hon) father/(P)/ |
お父さん |
おとうさん |
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| /(n) (hum) siblings/(P)/ |
兄弟 |
きょうだい |
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| /(n) (hum) older sister/(P)/ |
姉 |
あね |
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| /(n) (hon) older sister/(vocative) "Miss?"/(P)/ |
お姉さん |
おねえさん |
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| /(n) (hum) older brother/(P)/ |
兄 |
あに |
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| /(n) (hon) older brother/(vocative) "Mister?"/(P)/ |
お兄さん |
おにいさん |
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| /(n) (hum) younger sister/(P)/ |
妹 |
いもうと |
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| /(n) younger brother/faithful service to those older/brotherly affection/ |
弟 |
おとうと |
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| /(n) grandfather/male senior-citizen/ |
おじいさん |
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| /(n) grandmother/female senior-citizen/ |
おばあさん |
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| /(n) (hon) wife/your wife/his wife/married lady/madam/(P)/ |
奥さん |
おくさん |
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| /(n) (hum) wife/(P)/ |
家内 |
かない |
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| /(n) (hon) your husband/her husband/ |
御主人 |
ごしゅじん |
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| /(n) (hum) aunt (older than one's parent)/ |
伯母 |
おば |
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| /(n) aunt (younger than one's parent)/(P)/ |
叔母 |
おば |
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| /(n) (hum) uncle (older than one's parent)/ |
伯父 |
おじ |
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| /(n) uncle (younger than one's parent)/(P)/ |
叔父 |
おじ |
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| /(n) woman/girl/daughter/ |
女 |
おんな |
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| /(n) man/(P)/ |
男 |
おとこ |
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| /(n) girl/(P)/ |
女の子 |
おんなのこ |
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| /(n) boy/(P)/ |
男の子 |
おとこのこ |
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"For Japanese, family names are the worst growing pains"