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    3. 父方

    父方

    父ちち方かた

    father's side of family

    KMT10News #39+1Ref L2Family & RelationshipsKanji Vocab8 strokes

    ちちかた

    Noun

    1.
    father's side of family

    Particle

    2.
    paternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは父ちち方かたの祖そ父ふに似にている。

    He resembles his paternal grandfather.

    KMT10Family & Relationships
    父ちち方かたの親しん戚せきとは、年ねんに一いち度ど集あつまる習しゅう慣かんがあります。

    We have a custom of gathering with our paternal relatives once a year.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsDaily Life
    彼かの女じょは父ちち方かたの家か系けいに伝つたわる伝でん統とう芸げい能のうを継けい承しょうしている。

    She is inheriting a traditional performing art passed down through her paternal family line.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsCulture & Traditions
    彼かれの父ちち方かたのルーツは、九きゅう州しゅうの古ふるい武ぶ士しの家けい系けいだそうだ。

    His paternal roots are said to be from an old samurai family in Kyushu.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsHistory
    日に本ほんでは、結けっ婚こん後ごも父ちち方かたの姓せいを名な乗のる女じょ性せいも少すくなくない。

    In Japan, it's not uncommon for women to keep their paternal surname even after marriage.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    父
    ちち…(1)
    father
    方
    かた・-かた・-がた…(9)
    direction・person・alternative
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