家族|かぞくkazoku[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounfamily
   あなたの家族かぞくはきっと親切しんせつでしょう。↗

   Your family must be very nice.

• SynonymファミリーNeutralLoanword mostly in product names, shop names and compounds like 「ファミリー向け」 and 「ファミリーカー」; can also mean a clan or school. Everyday talk about family members uses 「家族」.
• Synonym家庭かていNeutralFocuses on the household as the unit and place where a family lives together, as in 「家庭の事情」 or 「家庭料理」; 「家族」 stresses the members themselves.
• Synonym一家いっかNeutralOne household or the whole family, often after a surname as in 「田中さん一家」; also a school or gang. Presents the family as a single unit.
• Synonym家人かじんWrittenA written/formal word for household members, also one's wife; rare in daily conversation — everyday speech says 「家族」.
• Synonym身内みうちNeutralClose relatives, extendable to one's own people in an organization, as in 「身内の恥」. Carries an in-group versus outsiders nuance.
• Related一門いちもんWrittenWritten/formal prose for a clan of the same family line, also a sect, school or group of related sumo stables; broader than 「家族」, with a traditional flavor.
• Related身寄りみよりNeutralRelatives one can turn to for support; often used in the negative, as in 「身寄りのない老人」. Focuses on whether one has anyone to rely on.
• Related世帯せたいNeutralThe term used in administrative and statistical writing for a household living and keeping house together, as in 「世帯数」; 「家族」 refers to the members' relationships.
• Related所帯しょたいNeutralA household that runs its own livelihood independently; stresses shared daily life and finances, as in 「所帯を持つ」, with no emphasis on blood ties.
• Antonym他人たにんNeutralAntonym: people other than oneself, outsiders; also people with no blood tie or personal connection, as in 「赤の他人」.

For family members themselves, 「家族」 is the everyday default. Use 「家庭」 for the household as a unit of shared living, 「世帯」 in official household counts, 「～一家」 for a whole family named after a surname, and 「身寄り」 when talking about relatives to rely on.

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1. 血縁けつえん関係かんけいによる親族しんぞくを基礎きそとして成立せいりつする小しょう集団しゅうだん。社会しゃかいの基本きほん単位たんい。
2. 同おなじ家いえに住すんでいる者もの。