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[しょ()·たい()]
shotai
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[()·たい()]
setai
[しょ()·たい()]
shotai

English Meaning(s) for 所帯

noun
  1. household; home; family; housekeeping (しょたい is more informal)

Definition and Synonyms for 所帯

Housekeeping the work of cleaning and running a house
Synonyms: ハウスキーピング, 世帯, 家事, 家政
Family primary social group
Synonyms: ファミリー, 世帯, 家庭, 家族
Family a social unit living together
Synonyms: うち, んち, ファミリー, 一家, 一戸, 一門, 世帯, , , , 家人, 家人, 家庭, 家族, 家門, , ,
Family parents and children
Synonyms: ファミリー, 世帯, 家庭, 家族

Meanings for each kanji in 所帯

» place
» sash; belt; obi; zone; region

Categories 所帯 is a member of

Work activity directed toward making or doing something
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Kindred group of people related by blood or marriage
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Social Unit an organization regarded as part of a larger social group
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 所帯

Sample Sentences for 所帯

It must be terribly difficult, running her household on her own after divorcing.
My brother, being yet unmarried, did not keep house, but boarded himself and his apprentices in another family.

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