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かぞく · kazoku — Family: mine and yours

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grandfathergrandmotherauntunclefathermothercousinolder brotherolder sisteryounger brotheryounger sisterhusband · wifesondaughtergrandchildわたし · meEACH BOX SAYSBut to their face, family uses the お〜さん form:okaasan, tadaima — Mum, I'm home!
my family · humble yours · respectful grandfather grandmother father mother older brother older sister younger brother younger sister husband wife son daughter grandchild uncle aunt cousin

My father is an office worker.

Is your father well?

kazoku family
ryōshin parents (both)
oya parent
sofubo grandparents
kyōdai siblings · brothers
shimai sisters
kodomo child · children
hitorikko only child
fūfu married couple
shinseki relatives
nannin kazoku desu ka — how many are in your family?
yonin kazoku desu — we're a family of four (me included)
hitori 1 person
futari 2 people
sannin 3
yonin 4 — not しにん
gonin 5
nannin how many people?

Same pattern for siblings: (three children, counting yourself).