戸籍
こせき
family register; household register
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Examples
手続きには戸籍謄本が必要です。
てつづきにはこせきとうほんがひつようです。
You need a copy of your family register for the procedure.
結婚して新しい戸籍を作った。
けっこんしてあたらしいこせきをつくった。
When they married they created a new family register.
戸籍上の縁は切れても、昔日の絆はそのままだ。
こせきじょうのえんはきれても、せきじつのきずなはそのままだ。
Our tie may be severed on paper, but the old bond remains.
Common patterns
- 戸籍謄本
- certified copy of the family register
- 戸籍に入る
- to be entered in the family register
- 戸籍上の
- on paper; legally registered
Memory tip
The Japanese household register recording birth, marriage, divorce and death. It is legally distinct from 住民票, which only records where you currently live.
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