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血縁けつえん (ketsuen)

blood relation

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Meaning

血縁 (けつえん, ketsuen) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “blood relation”.

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Example sentences 5

彼かれらに血縁けつえん関係かんけいはない

They are not related by blood.

地縁血縁をたよりにしたが,だめだった.

I tried to get help from my relatives and people in the local community, but it was useless.

南みなみ諸島しょとうのコミュニティの中なかにはまったくの正反対せいはんたいの血縁けつえん関係かんけいのパターンが観察かんさつされるであろう。

A diametrically opposed kinship pattern is to be observed among certain South Sea Island communities.

しかし、ここでも近世における「家」からの先入観は一旦捨て去った上で、「血縁」を考える必要がある。

However, 'blood relation' should be interpreted without the modern preconception of the 'house.'

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