親戚

Meaning

1. n
   relative; relation; kin

Example sentences

• 「あ、は、はい・・・ごめん、玲姉」「コラ。幾ら親戚とはいえ、私は先輩医師よ？院内ではちゃんとケジメをつけなさい」

  "Ah, y-yes ... Sorry, Coz." "Hey! You might be my relative but here I'm your senior and a doctor. Keep things straight while you're in the hospital!"

• 彼女には自分の世話をしてくれる友人も親戚もいない。

  She doesn't have any friends or relatives to take care of her.

• 彼は彼女の遠い親戚だ。

  He is a distant relation of hers.