Illustration: In a quiet Japanese family home after a funeral, a widow, her adult daughter, and a young grandson sit together beside a memorial arrangement. A black-ribboned portrait shows the deceased grandfather; a nearby family photograph includes him with these same three people.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

遺い族ぞく

izoku

bereaved family

Example sentences

彼かれの遺族いぞくは妻つまと娘むすめ１人にんである。
He leaves a widow and a daughter.
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音楽家おんがくかが死しんで遺族いぞくは貧困ひんこんにさらされた。
The musician left his family poor.
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喪主もしゅ・遺族いぞくは、一同いちどうをもてなすために料理りょうりと酒さけを準備じゅんびする。
The mourner and bereaved family prepare foods and drinks to serve to visitors.
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Kanji in 遺族

遺bequeath; leave behindOnイ・ユイKunのこす
族tribe; familyOnゾク

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