親戚|しんせきshinseki[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounrelative; relation; kin
   クニ子くにこは長井ながいさんと親戚しんせきです。↗

   Kuniko is related to Mr Nagai.

• Synonym親類しんるいNeutralRefers to relatives and is largely interchangeable with 「親戚」, though it sounds slightly old-fashioned; seen in 「親類縁者」.
• Synonym縁者えんじゃWrittenA written word for people with kinship ties; mostly seen in the set phrase 「親類縁者」.
• Synonym身寄りみよりNeutralRelatives one can turn to for support; often used in the negative, as in 「身寄りがない」.
• Synonym縁戚えんせきWrittenA written word for relatives by blood or marriage; rarely used in modern Japanese.
• Synonym縁続きえんつづきNeutralIndicates being related by blood or marriage, as in 「彼とは縁続きだ」; stresses the connection itself.
• Related縁故えんこNeutralRefers to kinship or personal connections, as in 「縁故採用」; stresses ties and channels rather than relatives specifically.
• Antonym他人たにんNeutralOther people, or those unrelated by blood; the opposite of 「親戚」.
• Antonym赤の他人あかのたにんNeutralA complete stranger with no connection at all; the opposite of 「親戚」, with an emphatic tone.

Use 「親戚」 as the default word for relatives. 「親類」 is a slightly old-fashioned near-equivalent; 「身寄り」 means relatives you can rely on, and 「縁故」 personal connections. 「縁者」 and 「縁戚」 are written-style terms. The opposites are 「他人」 and, emphatically, 「赤の他人」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 親族しんぞく。
2. 同種どうしゅのもの。