- shinseki relative, relation, kin
Used in everyday speech for extended family outside your immediate household; more formal than 身内 and common in New Year and funeral contexts.
正月に親戚が集まる。
Shōgatsu ni shinseki ga atsumaru.
Relatives gather at New Year.
遠い親戚が東京に住んでいる。
Tōi shinseki ga Tōkyō ni sunde iru.
A distant relative lives in Tokyo.
⚖️ Not to be confused with 家族, which means your immediate family household.
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