Japanese symbol for “dependent”
家族滞在
かぞくたいざい
Romaji: kazokutaizai
dependent (e.g. in a family)
In Japanese, dependent is 家族滞在, read かぞくたいざい (kazokutaizai).
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Meanings
- n dependent (e.g. in a family)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “dependent”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 被扶養者 | ひふようしゃ hifuyousha | dependent; person receiving support; person being supported |
| 冷や飯 | ひやめし hiyameshi | hanger-on; dependent |
| 部屋住み | へやずみ heyazumi | an adult-age eldest son who has yet to come into his inheritance; (a young adult still) living at home; a dependent |
| 冷や飯食い | ひやめしくい hiyameshikui | hanger-on; dependent |
| 部屋子 | へやご heyago | young adult still living at home; dependent |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 家族 | かぞく kazoku | family |
| 国家 | こっか kokka | state; country; nation |
| 家庭 | かてい katei | home; household; family |
| 作家 | さっか sakka | author; writer; novelist |
| 実家 | じっか jikka | (one's parents') home |
| 農家 | のうか nouka | farmer; farming family |
| 民族 | みんぞく minzoku | people; race; nation |
| 貴族 | きぞく kizoku | nobility; aristocracy; peerage |
| 滞在 | たいざい taizai | stay; sojourn |
| 現在 | げんざい genzai | the present; present time; now |
See also: Chinese symbol for “dependent”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.