家族

Noun

 * 1) family; household; clan

Etymology
Ultimately from. However, not attested until 1808, so possibly a borrowing from modern written 🇨🇬 with the expected Japanese reading applied.

Noun

 * 1) a family, a household

Usage notes
家族 refers to one’s own family, particularly immediate family – parents, children, and siblings. To refer to another’s family, one uses the honorific form. To refer to one’s relatives generally, one uses, which includes even distant relatives. For first cousins – i.e. aunts, uncles, and close cousins – one may use. For close people, not necessarily family, one may use.