IELTS のための語彙 (基本) - 家族と人間関係

one's brother or sister

兄, 姉

a male or female partner in a marriage

配偶者, 夫/妻

a period in one's life between puberty and adulthood

思春期, 青年期

a young child who is starting to learn how to walk

幼児, 赤ちゃん

a relationship formed between people or groups based on mutual experiences, ideas, feelings, etc.

絆, 関係

the state of being a father to a child or children

父親である状態, 父の役割

the relationship between two or more brothers

兄弟愛, 兄弟関係

the state of being a mother to a child or children

母性

the state of being a child

子供時代

a retired person who gets an amount of money each month, called pension, usually from the government

年金受給者, 退職者

the manner in which a child is raised, including the care, guidance, and teaching provided by parents or guardians

育て方, 教養

a person whom one knows but is not a close friend

知人, 知り合い

an instance of serious opposition between ideas, values, or interests

対立, 衝突

someone who is the mother of a person's wife or husband

義母

someone who is the father of a person's wife or husband

義理の父

the person who is the brother of one's spouse

義兄

the person who is the sister of one's spouse

義理の姉妹

to take someone's child into one's family and become their legal parent

養子縁組する, 引き取る

a blood relative who lived a long time ago, usually before one's grandparents

先祖, 祖先

to officially cancel a marriage

無効にする, 解消する

the end of a relationship or an association

別れ, 別離

(of a group of people) having a strong friendly relationship with shared interests

密接に結びついた, 親密な

someone who shares the same blood with a specific person who lived many years ago

子孫, 後継者

the legal right to keep a thing or to take care of a person

保護, 監護

a family consisting of two parents and their children, but not any other relatives

核家族, 核ファミリー

a large family group consisting of parents and children that might also include grandparents, aunts, or uncles

大家族, 拡大家族

a family in which the parents live with the children from their own relationship along with the children from previous ones

ブレンデッドファミリー, 再婚家庭

a group of people belonging to a particular age group or time period partaking in a certain activity

世代, 世代グループ

someone who takes responsibility and raises someone else's child in Christian faith

ゴッドペアレンツ, 神の親

to receive money, property, etc. from someone who has passed away

相続する, 遺産を受け取る

the relationship between the members of a family

親族関係, 血縁

a child whose parents have died

孤児

someone who is married to either one of our parents but is not our real parent

義理の親, ステップペアレント

a woman who has undergone a divorce, indicating that she was previously married but is now legally separated from her spouse

離婚した女性