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Family in Japanese: The another word "Ikka"

 

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This kanji symbol is "Family".

The Japanese word "家族(kazoku)" broadly translates into the English word "family".
Another one word that means "Family" in Japanese exists.

That is "一家(Ikka)".
The word "Ikka" means "A family or a home".

 

Difference between "家族(Kazoku)" and "一家(Ikka)"

 On Japanese dictionary, "Kazoku" is "People composed by kin or the marriage"
And, the meaning of "Ikka" is "a family" or "Entire family" or "Independent sect in study and the art, etc.".

In addition, both clear differences are "How to use the word."
Word "一家(Ikka)" is not used alone in general though word "家族(Kazoku)" is used alone.

The word "一家(Ikka)" is used as "Blah blah blah 一家(ikka)", or as "一家(ikka) blah blah blah".

 

< Use of common the word "Ikka" >

In Japan, the word "Ikka" is generally used for "1 family"
For instance, it is used for the Smith family as "スミス一家(Smith Ikka)".
"We are Smith Ikka" is "私たちはスミス一家です。(watashi tachi wa sumisu ikka desu)" in Japanese.

Moreover, the number of families to the use of the word "Ikka" doesn't have the rule.
Therefore, 2 person family, 3 person family, and 10 person families etc. are all "Blah blah blah(family name) Ikka".

 

< Other use of the word "Ikka" >

As an example,

English	Japanese	Pronunciation
First family	大統領一家	daitouryou ikka
good man/land lord	一家の主	ikka no aruji
fire side	一家団欒	ikka danran
Holy Family	キリスト一家	kirisuto ikka
keep house	一家を養う	ikka wo yashinau
bread winner/provider	一家の大黒柱	ikka no daikokubashira
mass ［family］ suicide	一家心中	ikka shinjuu
a wealthy family	裕福な一家	yuufuku na ikka

 

This is the word "Ikka danran" I like.

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Ａ happy home
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Meaning	fire side. a happy home. a close family atmosphere. Passing a pleasant time while talking together with all families.
Japanese	一家団欒
Pronunciation	ikka danran
Annotation	"一家(Ikka)" means the family in Japanese. "団欒(Danran)" means "Having a good time at home with one's family" in Japanese. Or, it means "Enjoying a family gathering". This kanji idiom has very warm-hearted tone. In Japan, when spending only a family's time, this phrase is often used. It is a warm, and very wonderful phrase.
Stencil for tattoo	Japanese tattoo symbols of Happy home.pdf

 

Kanji phrase for family on other pages
Family love	Japanese familism regime
Unity between families	Harmony between families
Happy prayer of Japan for family	Family's smile
Family ties	A happy home
Family	Big family
Passionate family

 

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These kanji symbols are "Blah blah blah family".

Family in kanji; Olive

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This kanji symbol is "Family".

The first kanji "ka" is a meaning "Home/House".
And, the other kanji is meaning "Family and kin".

The Japanese word "家族(kazoku)" broadly translates into the English word "family".
This page is a feature of "Blah blah blah family".

*You can freely download the stencil for the tattoo.

Family
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Meaning	Family
Pronunciation	kazoku
Stencil for tattoo	Family in Japanese kanji.pdf

Family in kanji; Olive by hararie

Family in kanji; White by hararie

Family in kanji; Salmon pink by hararie

Family of three members
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Meaning	a family of three members.
Japanese	三人家族
Pronunciation	san nin kazoku
Stencil for tattoo	Japanese tattoo symbols of Three-people family.pdf

Family of four members
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Meaning	a family of four members.
Japanese	四人家族
Pronunciation	yo nin kazoku
Stencil for tattoo	Japanese tattoo symbols of Four-people family.pdf

Family of five members
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Meaning	a family of five members.
Japanese	五人家族
Pronunciation	go nin kazoku
Stencil for tattoo	Japanese tattoo symbols of Five-people family.pdf

Family of six members
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Meaning	a family of six members.
Japanese	六人家族
Pronunciation	roku nin kazoku
Stencil for tattoo	Japanese tattoo symbols of Six-people family.pdf

Big family
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Meaning	a big family. a large family. a extended family.
Japanese	家族愛
Pronunciation	dai kazoku
Stencil for tattoo	Japanese tattoo symbols of Big family.pdf

<The definition of the big family in the Japanese>:
Though word "Big family" is always used in Japan, the formal definition seems not to exist.
In general, the concept of "Nuclear family" is "Extended family."
These are scientific terms that the social anthropologist named Murdoch advocated for the classification of the family form.
Though small family as an alias of a nuclear family, and big family as an alias of an extended family may be used, it seems that it has a gap to the meaning of the extended family of an everyday language of Japan.


According to Takashi Aoki of the Japanese TV commentator, "The family of a lot of people only in parents and a child" who does not have a grandpa grandma is a definition of an extended family.

Well, how many members family is "Big family"?
In Japan, The family who exceeds six person seems to be called a big family.
In the census of Japan of 2000, the following results are shown.

The size of a family	The number of household
7	594,352
8	144,907
9	27,856
10	9,067

 

Kanji phrase for family on other pages
Family love	Japanese familism regime
Unity between families	Harmony between families
Happy prayer of Japan for family	Family's smile
Family ties

Hararie

 

 

I collected kanji phrases concerning the family.

This kanji symbol is "Family".

The first kanji "ka" is a meaning "Home/House".

And, the other kanji is meaning "Family and kin".

The Japanese word "家族(kazoku)" broadly translates into the English word "family".

<Japanese Family>:
The contemporary Japanese family looks like the traditional western style family with a father, mother, and children settled in urban areas living in little apartments. The mother cares for the children and the father works in a company or governmental institution or is running his own business.

How does an average modern age Japanese family function? It all begins at home. Japanese people have a very particular concept of home called uchi, which literary means 'house' but also means 'inside.' Everything outside the house means soto, which literary means 'outside.' Uchi-soto, however, does not only refer to the literal meaning of house, or inside and outside, but is a form of the ie family system.　　　more

<Kanji has some styles of type>:
They are "楷書(Kaisho), 行書(Gyousho), 草書(Sousho), 隷書(Reisho), 篆書(Tensho)" etc.

Stencil for tattoo of family of Kanji.pdf

The image below is a tattoo stencil with those five.
You can use it by freely downloading it.In Japanese, another word with a pronunciation of "Kazoku" exists.

That is "華族(kazoku)".

Kazoku refers to the aristocratic or noble class of the Empire of Japan; this system existed from 1869 to 1947.

Though the samurai class had been abolished, many 大名(daimyo) and 公家(kuge), rather than losing their rank entirely, were given Western-style titles, such as baron, duke or marquis.
Therefore, "kazoku" and "kazoku" are words with a quite different meaning.

*These are the kanji symbol expressing "Hopes or wishes to a family of you."

Family love
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Meaning	Family love. Love between families. Own love to family.
Japanese	家族愛
Pronunciation	kazoku-ai
Annotation	This kanji word has wide implication. The love to your own family, the love to the family who lives in the distance, Sad love in the family, Big love that envelop family, Pretty love between brothers, Consideration of a grandchild for a grandma, Patience of the grandpa for a grandchild....etc.
Stencil for tattoo	Japanese tattoo symbols of Family love.pdf

Japanese familism regime
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Meaning	Familism. Ideology that tries to expand interpersonal relationship, modus vivendi, and consideration among families to social groupings other than family and to apply. System and custom based on that.
Japanese	家族主義
Pronunciation	kazoku shugi
Annotation	This ideology is general in Japan.
Stencil for tattoo	Japanese tattoo symbols of Familism.pdf

<Familism of Japan that has collapsed>:
The Japanese is a nation who originally emphasizes harmony and the rule.

But, the number of egocentric people is increasing in Japan every year.

There is "Distorted familism" there.

And it is very ugly.

The cause into which the Prime Minister in Japan frequently changes is it exactly.

 

*The following two Kanji idioms have the same meaning.

Unity between families
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Meaning	Unity between families. Harmony between families. Cooperation between families.
Japanese	家族の和
Pronunciation	kazoku no wa
Stencil for tattoo	Japanese tattoo symbols of harmony between families-1.pdf

Harmony between families
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Meaning	Harmony between families. Cooperation between families. Unity between families.
Japanese	家族の調和
Pronunciation	kazoku no chouwa
Annotation	This is the kanji symbol expressing "Hopes or wishes to a family of you."
Stencil for tattoo	Japanese tattoo symbols of harmony between families-2.pdf

*A difference of these two kanji phrases is "和(Wa)" and "調和(Cho-wa).

和(wa): harmony, balance.
調和(chouwa): harmony, unity

Though the meaning of these two kanji idioms is almost the same, "Kazoku-no-wa" is a family who has a natural unity, on the other hand, "Kazoku-no chouwa" means the cooperation of the family.

Happy prayer of Japan for family
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Meaning	Japanese kanji phrase to pray for the happiness of the family.
Japanese	家内安全
Pronunciation	kanai anzan
Annotation	Most Japanese people goes to the Shinto shrine on the New Year's Day. And, they pray for three wishes then. Those three wishes are "traffic safety, prosperity in business, and well-being of the family." "Kanai-anzen" is the Japanese kanji phrase that prays for "Happiness of the family".
Stencil for tattoo	Japanese tattoo symbols of To pray for the happiness of the family.pdf

On New Year's Day, a large number of people go to pray at the shrine.

That is "はつもうで/初詣(hatsumoude)" in Japanese.

Yhis is Kaminarimon in Tokyo Asakusa.	This is Senso-ji in Tokyo Asakusa. It is a very elegant Shinto shrine.

This is Meiji-jingu in Tokyo. It is "The maximum Shinto shrine in Japan" in which the most a lot of Japanese gather in here for the New Year's visit to a shrine.	This is Senso-ji in Tokyo Asakusa. This is scenery of the New Year's visit to a Shinto shrine by the Japanese.

"はつもうで/初詣(hatsumoude)" on the New Year's Day is a traditional custom of Japan.

	This is a shops lining an arcade in Sensou-ji Temple in Tokyo Asakusa. In Senso-ji Temple, the people who finished a New Year's visit to a Shinto shrine do shopping here. This is a famous place that the foreigner tourist visits.
A lot of lucky charms are sold in the precincts.	Everybody looks very happy.

In the Japanese Shinto shrine, you can buy various Japanese lucky charms.
All these are lucky charms of the Shinto shrine to pray for the security of the family.

This is a lucky charm called Japanese "Ema". In this "Ema", there is many kinds. Moreover, the wish for which it prays is also various.	This is a Sime-nawa. Shimenawa rope; in Shinto religion, a thick, twisted straw rope with stripes of white paper hung around a place to ward off evil spirits.

This is a charm of a temple called Shin-sho-ji[=新勝寺] of Narita-shi, Chiba.	This is the charm of a temple called Hoko-ji[=放光寺」 of Yamanashi Prefecture.

Family's smile
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Meaning	Family's smile. Family's smiling face.
Japanese	家族の笑顔
Pronunciation	kazoku no egao
Stencil for tattoo	Japanese tattoo symbols of The smile of the family.pdf

Family ties
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Meaning	Family ties. A family's bonds. Bonds between families.
Japanese	家族の絆
Pronunciation	kazoku no kizuna
Annotation	The word "kizuna" is the meaning "Ties" or "A bonds". This is a very wonderful word. This kanji idiom has a beautiful tone much.
Stencil for tattoo	Japanese tattoo symbols of Family ties.pdf

<Other pages>:

• Japanese kanji symbol for family: page 2
• Japanese kanji symbol for family: page 3

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