Family(jp)

Family Terms

Family Words | Japanese with Anime

Ref: https://90dayjapanese.com/japanese-family-terms/

https://www.japanesewithanime.com/2018/04/family-members.html

English	Japanese Kanji	Japanese Hiragana	Romaji
Family	家族	かぞく	kazoku
Parents	両親	りょうしん	ryōshin
Father	父	ちち chichi	chichi
Mother	母	はは	haha
Sibling	兄弟	きょうだい	kyōdai
Older brother	兄	あに	ani
Younger brother	弟	おとうと	otōto
Older sister	姉	あね	ane
Younger sister	妹	いもうと	imōto
Grandfather	祖父	そふ	sofu
Grandmother	祖母	そぼ	sobo
Married couple or “Husband and Wife”	夫婦	ふうふ	fūfu
Husband	夫	おっと	otto
Wife	妻	つま	tsuma
Son	息子	むすこ	musuko
Daughter	娘	むすめ	musume
Children	子供	こども	kodomo

When you talk to others about your own family, you actually use different words!

your own family	other people’s family
父 chichi (my) father	お父さん otо̄san father
母 haha (my) mother	お母さん okāsan mother
兄 ani (my) older brother	お兄さん onīsan older brother
姉 ane (my) older sister	お姉さん onēsan older sister

Family Sentences

Japanese has lots of words to talk about family! When you talk to your family members, or when you talk about other people’s family, you generally use the words that end with that respectful ‑さん (san).

ご家族はお元気ですか？ How is your family?

父も母も元気です。Chichi mo haha mo genki desu. (My) father and (my) mother are well.

Notice that if you have two nouns, you can put も (mo) after each one to mean both my father and my mother!

兄弟はいますか？Do you have siblings?

ええ、姉が二人います。Yes, I have two older sisters.

私の両親は東京出身です。My parents are from Tokyo.

あなたの子供は何歳ですか？Anata no kodomo wa nan‑sai desu ka? How old is your child?