Meanings
Suffix
1. house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (34 in total)
retainer; retinue; servant
widow
head of family; originator
retainer; vassal; servant
samurai; warrior; military family
house of a prince of the blood
Imperial Court
layperson; layman; laywoman; country home; farmhouse; cottage
employer's house; master's house
rich family; distinguished family
head house (family); birthplace; originator
royal family
this family; we; this house
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
both families
another family; another house
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
good family; respectable family; decent family
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga); three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito)
family which supports a temple; parishioner
the Imperial Family
the said family; the same family
Senke school of tea ceremony
line of regents and advisers (advisors)
Zen master
family of Shinto priests serving a shrine on a hereditary basis
Zen; Zen temple; Zen priest
House of Windsor
imperial prince's family; family of a prince of royal blood
diviner (esp. of the Yin and Yang system); sorcerer; exorcist; medium
diviner (esp. of the Yin and Yang system); sorcerer; exorcist; medium
Hakke Shinto (Shinto tradition transmitted by the House of Hakuo Shirakawa); Hakuke Shinto
Examples (1 in total)
The Browns were all kind to me.