Illustration: At the reception table for a neighborhood sports gathering, two parents and their children approach as one family. The receptionist gathers their individual portrait cards into a single shallow holder while a different family’s cards remain in a separate holder nearby.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

姓せい

sei

surname, family name

Example sentences

  1. あなたの姓せいはどう発音はつおんするのですか。

    How do you pronounce your last name?

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  2. 池田いけだが姓せいで和子かずこが名なです。

    Ikeda is my last name, and Kazuko is my first name.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 姓せいだけを大文字だいもんじで書かきなさい。

    Write only your family name in capitals.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 姓

  • 姓surnameOnセイ・ショウ

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