FAMILIES IN JAPANESE - Vocab List
Updated: Apr 29, 2019
親（おや）- parents
両親（りょうしん）- parents
お母さん（おかあさん）- mom
母親（ははおや）- mother
お父さん（おとうさん）- dad
父親（ちちおや）- father
お兄さん（おにいさん）- older brother
お姉さん（おねえさん）- older sister
姉妹（しまい）- sisters
娘（むすめ）- daughter
息子（むすこ）- son
おばさん - aunt
おじさん - uncle
おばあさん - grandma
おじいさん - grandpa
祖母（そぼ）- grandmother
祖父（そふ）- grandfather
いとこ - cousin
孫（まご）- grandchild
姪（めい）- niece
姪っ子（めいっこ）- niece
甥（おい）- nephew
甥っ子（おいっこ）- nephew
義理の母（ぎりのはは）- mother-in-law
義理の父（ぎりのちち）- father-in-law
義理の息子（ぎりのむすこ）- son-in-law
義理の娘（ぎりのむすめ）- daughter-in-law
義理の姉（ぎりのあね）- sister-in-law (older)
義理の兄（ぎりのあに）- brother-in-law (older)
義理の妹（ぎりのいもうと）- sister-in-law (younger)
義理の弟（ぎりのおとうと）- brother-in-law (younger)
こんにちは, Japanese learners! We’re back today with a new vocab list on family words in Japanese.
You can now expand your conversations with your Japanese friends by asking about their family and talking about yours!! We’ve provided some example sentences below to give you an idea of how you can use this new vocabulary (ﾉ≧ڡ≦)
Example Sentences :
And that’s it for todays vocab lesson! If you still have any questions or comments please leave them below and head on over to our resources tab for even more fun ways to learn Japanese!
As always, がんばってね！
Lauren Sueki
