実家|じっかjikka[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun(one's parents') home
   私の両親りょうしんは二人ふたりとも今いま、実家じっかにいます。↗

   Both my parents are at home now.

• Related自宅じたくNeutralThe home you live in now, as in 「自宅待機」. 実家 is the home you grew up in — your parents' home.
• Related屋敷やしきNeutralA mansion or estate — the plot of land together with the house on it, as in 「武家屋敷」. 実家 is the home you grew up in.
• Related邸宅ていたくWrittenWritten language for a grand house or mansion, as in 「豪華な邸宅」. 実家 simply means your parents' home.
• Relatedお宅おたくNeutralAn honorific for the other person's home or household; also used for 'otaku' geeks. 実家 is your own parents' home.
• Related住まいすまいNeutralOne's dwelling or way of living, as in 「お住まいはどちら」. 実家 is the home you were born and raised in.
• Related住宅じゅうたくNeutralHousing — a building for people to live in, as in 「住宅ローン」. 実家 is the home you were born and raised in.
• Related住所じゅうしょNeutralAn address, as in 「住所を書く」. 実家 is the home you were born and raised in — your parents' home.
• Related家宅かたくWrittenWritten word for a home and its premises, seen in legal contexts like 「家宅捜索」. 実家 is the home you were born and raised in.
• Related邸ていNeutralThe same word as above, also written 「邸」: a stately residence or its grounds. 実家 is the home you grew up in.
• Related居宅きょたくWrittenWritten, legal-flavored term for a dwelling or residence. 実家 specifically means the home you were born and raised in.
• Related住屋じゅうおくWrittenWritten and rare: a dwelling house, a building people live in. 実家 specifically means the home you were born and raised in.
• Related住家じゅうかWrittenWritten word for a house people live in, a residential building. 実家 specifically means the home you were born and raised in.
• Related住処すみかNeutralOne's dwelling place; also an animal's lair or a villain's den, as in 「悪の住処」. 実家 is the home you were born and raised in.

Use 「実家」 for the home you grew up in — your parents' home, as in 「実家に帰る」; it can also mean the home a spouse or adopted child was born into. For where you live now use 「自宅」, for an address 「住所」, for one's dwelling 「住まい」, and for a grand mansion 「屋敷」 or 「邸宅」.

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1. 自分じぶんが生うまれた家いえ。生家せいか。
2. 養子ようしや配偶者はいぐうしゃの生うまれた家いえ。