一家|いっかikka[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N3approx.Common
いっけikke
Definitions
  1. nouna family; a household; a home; one's family; whole family
    ジョンソン一家いっかはパーティーをするのが大好だいすきだ。↗
    The Johnsons love to have parties.
  2. noun(one's own) style; school
  3. noungang; (yakuza) family
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym家族かぞくNeutralThe most common word for family members related by blood or marriage. 「一家」 stresses the whole household as one unit, or a school or gang.
  • Synonym家庭かていNeutralThe unit where family members live together, and the place itself, as in 「家庭環境」; the emphasis is on the living unit.
  • Synonym世帯せたいWrittenA household that lives together and shares a livelihood; a written-style word common in statistics and administration, as in 「世帯主」.
  • Synonym身内みうちNeutralOne's close kin or one's own people, as in 「身内の不幸」; also used of one's own group or accomplices.
  • SynonymファミリーNeutralA loanword for family; mostly found in product and shop names, as in 「ファミリーレストラン」.
  • Synonym一門いちもんWrittenA family line, sect or school, as in 「平家一門」; a written word carrying the flavor of a faction and its followers.
  • Synonym所帯しょたいNeutralSetting up a household and getting on with daily life, as in 「所帯を持つ」; has a lived-in, everyday feel.
  • Related身寄りみよりNeutralRelatives one can turn to for support; most often used in the negative, as in 「身寄りがない」.
  • Related眷属けんぞくWrittenA written-style word for one's kin, dependents or followers; little used in modern speech.
  • Antonym個人こじんNeutralThe individual person, standing opposite 「一家」 as a collective whole.

Use 「一家」 for a whole household under one roof or for a clan, school or gang. For family members say 「家族」, for the domestic unit 「家庭」, for the statistical household 「世帯」, for setting up house 「所帯」; the opposite is 「個人」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 一いち軒けんの家いえ。
  2. 一ひとつの家族かぞく。家族かぞく全体ぜんたい。一門いちもん。
  3. 独自どくじの一ひとつの流派りゅうは。
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