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Glossary
| 兄嫁; 嫂 【あによめ】aniyome | elder brother's wife; sister-in-law |
| 大祖父 【おおおおじ】ooooji | great-grandfather |
| 男の子【おとこのこ】otokonoko | boy; male child; baby boy |
| 男のコ【おとこのコ】otokonoko | boy; male child; baby boy |
| 男の児【おとこのこ】otokonoko | boy; male child; baby boy (obsolete kanji) |
| お祖母さん【おばあさん】obaasan | grandmother |
| 女の子【おんなのこ】onnanoko | girl |
| 女のコ【おんなのコ】 onnanoko | girl |
| 女の児 【おんなのこ】 onnanoko | girl |
| 家系図 【かけいず】kakeizu | family tree |
| 外祖母 【がいそぼ】gaisoba | maternal grandmother |
| 外祖父 【がいそふ】gaisofu | maternal grandfather |
| 義兄 【ぎけい】gikei | brother-in-law (elder) |
| 義姉 【ぎし】gishi | sister-in-law (elder); stepsister (elder) |
| 義弟 【ぎてい】gitei | younger brother-in-law |
| 義妹 【ぎまい】gimai | sister-in-law (younger); stepsister |
| 義理のお兄さん 【ぎりのおにいさん】giri no aniisan | one's brother-in-law |
| 義理の姉 【ぎりのあね】giri no ane | one's sister-in-law; stepsister (elder) |
| 義理の弟【ぎりのおとうと】giri no otouto | one's brother-in-law (younger) |
| 系統 【けいとう】keitou | lineage; ancestry; family line |
| 戸籍 【こせき】koseki | census; family register |
| 年 【ねん】nen | year |
| 爺さん【じいさん】jiisan | grandfather; male senior-citizen |
| 先人 【せんじん】 senjin | predecessor; pioneer; ancestor |
| 洗礼式 【せんれいしき】senreishiki | baptismal ceremony; baptism |
| 洗礼 【せんれい】senrei | baptism |
| 洗礼名 【せんれいめい】senreimei | Christian name; baptismal name |
| 曾祖父; 曽祖父 【そうそふ; ひいじじ; ひじじ; ひおおじ】sousofu; hiijiji; hijiji; hiooji | great-grandfather |
| 祖先 【そせん】sosen | ancestor |
| 祖母 【そぼ】soba | grandmother (one's own) |
| 祖父 【そふ】sofu | grandfather (one's own) |
| 曾; 曽 【ひい; ひ; そう】hii; hi; sou | prefix for "great" (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother) |
| 曾お祖父さん 【ひいおじいさん】hiiojiisan | great-grandfather |
| 曾お祖母さん 【ひいおばあさん】hiiobaasan | great-grandmother |
| 譜 【ふ】fu | genealogy; family tree |
| 亡祖父 【ぼうそふ】gousofu | deceased (one's late) grandfather |
| 町; 街 【まち】machi | town; block; neighborhood |
| 命名;銘名【めいめい】meimei | naming; christening |
| 命名日 【めいめいび】meimeibi | baptism day; name day |
| 最も近い共通祖先 【もっともちかいきょうつうそせん】mottomochikaikyoutsuusosen | most recent common ancestor |
| 霊名 【れいめい】reimei | Christian name; baptismal name |
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