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親類

しんるい

relative, relation, kin

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Examples

  1. 彼は親類と意見が合わない。

    かれはしんるいといけんがあわない。

    He doesn't see eye to eye with his relatives.

  2. 正月には親類が集まります。

    しょうがつにはしんるいがあつまります。

    The relatives gather at New Year.

  3. この土地は遠い親類から譲り受けたものです。

    このとちはとおいしんるいからゆずりうけたものです。

    This land was handed down to me by a distant relative.

Common patterns

親類が集まる
for relatives to gather
遠い親類
a distant relative
親類づきあい
socializing with relatives

Memory tip

親戚 is the more common word in conversation; 親類 sounds slightly more formal and legal, and is what documents use. Both exclude your immediate household, which is 家族.

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