family

家族、親族

血縁や結婚によってつながっている人たち。

やさしい英語で： People who are related to each other through birth or marriage.

• My family lives nearby.
• All our cousins came to the family reunion.
• Do you have family in this town?

類義語： relatives, kin

よく使う表現： extended family, family member, family reunion

核家族

結婚している母と父が、子どもと一緒に暮らす家族。

やさしい英語で： A married mother and father living together with their children.

• Our family has four members.
• The family moved when their youngest child started school.
• Both parents work to support their family.

類義語： nuclear family

よく使う表現： nuclear family, family home, family of four

語族

同じ昔の言語から生まれた言語の集まり。

やさしい英語で： A group of languages that developed from the same earlier language.

• English belongs to the Germanic language family.
• These languages come from the same family.
• Linguists studied several branches of the language family.

使い方： a family of languages (These belong to a family of languages spoken across Asia.)

よく使う表現： language family, family of languages

科

生物の分類で、目より下、属より上にある近縁の動植物の集まり。

やさしい英語で： A group of related plants or animals, smaller than an order and larger than a genus.

• Lions belong to the cat family.
• This plant is in the rose family.
• The biologist compared species from two different families.

使い方： belong to the … family (Lions belong to the cat family.)

類義語： familia

よく使う表現： rose family, cat family, family of plants

家族向けの

子どもにも大人にも適している。

やさしい英語で： Suitable for both children and adults.

• We watched a family film.
• This hotel offers family entertainment every evening.
• They opened a family restaurant near the park.

類義語： family-friendly

よく使う表現： family film, family restaurant, family entertainment

ゲイ、同性愛の

一部のゲイの集まりで、仲間の同性愛者を指す言い方。

やさしい英語で： Used within some gay communities to describe another gay person.

• I think he is family.
• She quietly asked whether I was family.
• They recognized each other as family at the club.

類義語： gay

よく使う表現： be family, also family