親類
しんるい
relative; relation; kin
JLPT N2 Common word Intermediate Japanese L8, Intermediate Japanese L9
Meanings
Noun
relative; relation; kin
Example sentences
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He is my distant relation.
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He broke with all his relatives.
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His relatives began to keep away from him.
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A close neighbor is better than a distant relative.
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They are of kin to each other.
More examples (5)
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He disagrees with his relatives.
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He is my only living relative.
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The family property was distributed among the relatives.
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He doesn't work, but only thinks of sponging off his relatives.
私の肉親関係のうちにも、ひとり、行い正しく、固い信念を持って、理想を追及してそれこそ本当の意味で生きているひとがあるのだけれど、親類のひとみんな、そのひとを悪く言っている。馬鹿あつかいしている。
I have amongst my relatives, a single one who sincerely lives righteously, has strict principles and pursues an ideal, but all my other relatives speak ill and make fun of him.