家|けke[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. suffixhouse; familyafter a surname
   その社会しゃかい奉仕ほうし家かはスチブンソン家けに関かんする情報じょうほうをあくまでも追跡ついせきするよう求もとめられた。↗

   The social worker was asked to follow up the information about the Stevenson family.

• Relatedお宅おたくFormalA standalone noun used to refer formally and respectfully to the other person's home or family; 「家（け）」 is a suffix attached to surnames, as in 「田中家」.
• Antonym外そとNeutralRefers to the outside or exterior, and also to what lies outside one's own group — the opposite side from inside the family.
• AntonymよそNeutralRefers to another place, someone else's home, or other people, as opposed to inside one's own family, as in 「よその家」.

Use 「家（け）」 after a surname for a particular house or family, as in 「鈴木家」. To refer politely to the other person's home, use 「お宅」; for outside say 「外」, for someone else's home 「よそ」.

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1. （いえ　うち）人ひとが生活せいかつに用もちいる建物たてもの。住居じゅうきょ。家屋かおく。
2. （いえ　うち）家庭かてい。家族かぞく。
3. （け）一家いっか、一族いちぞく。