Introducing Your Family
Learn how to say how many people are in your family and introduce each member.
N5 Family & Friends Japanese Conversation · All lessons · All courses
Vocabulary
- 家族（かぞく） (家族): family
- 両親（りょうしん） (両親): parents
- 父（ちち） (父): my father
- 母（はは） (母): my mother
- 兄（あに） (兄): my older brother
- 姉（あね） (姉): my older sister
- 弟（おとうと） (弟): my younger brother
- 妹（いもうと） (妹): my younger sister
- 一人っ子（ひとりっこ） (一人っ子): only child
- 何人（なんにん） (何人): how many people
In-lesson practice
- Introducing Your Family — Exercises (5 questions)
Related JLPT N5 quizzes
- JLPT N5 – Listening Exercise 38 (5 questions)
- JLPT N5 – Listening Exercise 37 (7 questions)
- JLPT N5 – Listening Exercise 36 (5 questions)
- JLPT N5 – Listening Exercise 35 (5 questions)
- JLPT N5 – Listening Exercise 34 (5 questions)
- JLPT N5 – Listening Exercise 33 (5 questions)
- JLPT N5 – Listening Exercise 32 (5 questions)
- JLPT N5 – Listening Exercise 31 (5 questions)
- JLPT N5 – Listening Exercise 30 (5 questions)
- JLPT N5 – Listening Exercise 29 (7 questions)
- JLPT N5 – Listening Exercise 28 (5 questions)
- JLPT N5 – Listening Exercise 27 (5 questions)
Frequently asked questions
- What does 「家族（かぞく）」 mean in this lesson?
- family
- What does 「両親（りょうしん）」 mean in this lesson?
- parents
- What does 「父（ちち）」 mean in this lesson?
- my father
- What does 「母（はは）」 mean in this lesson?
- my mother
- What does 「兄（あに）」 mean in this lesson?
- my older brother
- What does 「姉（あね）」 mean in this lesson?
- my older sister
- What does 「弟（おとうと）」 mean in this lesson?
- my younger brother
- What does 「妹（いもうと）」 mean in this lesson?
- my younger sister
- What does 「一人っ子（ひとりっこ）」 mean in this lesson?
- only child
- What does 「何人（なんにん）」 mean in this lesson?
- how many people
- 「兄が一人＿＿。」
- います used for the existence of people.
- 「私は＿＿家族です。」(four-person family)
- Number + 人家族です states family size.
- 「田中さんの＿＿は先生です。」(someone else's father)
- Use the honorific term for someone else's family.
- 「妹はいません。」の意味は?
- いません is the negative of います, meaning 'does not exist'.
- 友達に自分の母について話す時、正しいのは?
- When talking about your own mother, use the plain term 母（はは）, not the honorific お母さん.