親戚（しんせき）
JLPT N4 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: relatives
Example sentences
- お正月に親戚がみんな集まる。 — All the relatives gather together for New Year's.
- 遠い親戚の結婚式に出席した。 — I attended the wedding of a distant relative.
Idioms & proverbs containing “親戚”
- 遠くの親戚より近くの他人 (とおくのしんせきよりちかくのたにん) — a neighbour is better than a relative living far
- 親戚知己 (しんせきちき) — relatives and acquaintances
Related words
See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “親戚” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)