親族|しんぞくshinzoku[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounrelative; relation; kin
   私の親族しんぞくは皆みなこの町まちに住すんでいる。↗

   All my relatives live in this city.

• Synonym親類しんるいNeutralEveryday word for relatives, common in speech; 「親族」 is the more formal, legal term for blood relatives, spouse and in-laws within a set range.
• Synonym親戚しんせきNeutralThe most common everyday word for relatives; 「親族」 is more formal and appears mostly in legal or ceremonial contexts.
• Synonym縁者えんじゃWrittenWritten style: people one has ties with, including relatives; 「親族」 refers specifically to formal kin.
• Synonym一族いちぞくNeutralThe whole family descended from one bloodline; 「親族」 leans toward relatives within a legal range.
• Synonym身寄りみよりCasualColloquial: relatives one can turn to, often in 「身寄りがない」; 「親族」 is more formal.
• Synonym縁戚えんせきWrittenWritten style for relatives, especially by marriage; 「親族」 denotes kin in the legal sense.
• Related一門いちもんWrittenWritten style: a clan or house, also a school or faction and its followers; 「親族」 leans toward legal relations.
• Related縁故えんこWrittenWritten style: blood or personal ties, as in 「縁故採用」; 「親族」 means the relatives themselves.
• Related眷属けんぞくWrittenWritten style: one's family and dependents, also followers or retainers; 「親族」 leans toward legal kin.
• Related類縁るいえんFormalFormal: kinship, or closeness in character or nature; 「親族」 means relatives themselves.
• Related肉縁にくえんFormalFormal: blood relatives such as parents and siblings; 「親族」 also covers relatives by marriage.
• Antonym他人たにんNeutralPeople outside one's family or unrelated to one; the direct opposite of 「親族」.
• Antonym赤の他人あかのたにんCasualColloquial for a complete stranger with no connection at all; the opposite of 「親族」.

「親族」 is the formal term for kin, common in law and ceremonies like 「親族会議」. For everyday relatives use 「親戚」 or 「親類」; 「身寄り」 is the relatives you can rely on, and 「一族」 the whole family line. The opposite is 「他人」.

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1. 親子関係おやこかんけい及および婚姻関係こんいんかんけいの組み合くみあわせにより関係かんけい付つけられる人ひとの集団しゅうだん。親戚しんせき。親属しんぞく。
2. 六親等ろくしんとう内ないの血族けつぞく、配偶者はいぐうしゃ及および三親等さんしんとう内ないの姻族いんぞく。