Meaning
家柄 (いえがら, iegara) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “lineage; social standing of a family”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
彼は家柄の良いお坊ちゃんだ
He is the son of a good family.
公家・華族の家柄。
Family status was kuge (court noble) and peerage.
彼は良い家柄の出だ。
He comes of good stock.
彼はよい家柄の出だ.
He comes of good stock.
彼の家柄は武士でした。
He comes from a warrior family.
彼らの家は古い家柄です。
Theirs is an old family.
彼は高貴な家柄の人です。
He is a man of noble blood.
彼女は由緒ある家柄の出だ
Her family has a distinguished background.
彼は金持ちで、その上家柄がよい。
He is rich and, moreover, well-born.
彼女は彼の家柄のために彼と結婚した。
She married him for the sake of his family name.
川さんは家柄でなく実力で出世しました。
Mr. Kawa made it to the top due to his own abilities, not because of his family.
彼女のうちは何代も続いた立派な家柄です。
Hers is a respectable family with a long history behind it.