Family words in Japanese, with the two sets every learner needs: the humble words for your own family and the polite words for someone else's. For A1 learners.
家族
family (your own)
ご家族
family (someone else's, polite)
父
my father
お父さん
father (someone else's, or calling your own)
母
my mother
お母さん
mother (someone else's, or calling your own)
両親
my parents
兄
my older brother
お兄さん
older brother (someone else's)
姉
my older sister
お姉さん
older sister (someone else's)
弟
my younger brother
弟さん
younger brother (someone else's)
妹
my younger sister
妹さん
younger sister (someone else's)
兄弟
brothers and sisters, siblings
祖父
my grandfather
おじいさん
grandfather (someone else's); old man
祖母
my grandmother
おばあさん
grandmother (someone else's); old woman
夫
my husband
ご主人
husband (someone else's)
妻
my wife
奥さん
wife (someone else's)
子供
child, children
お子さん
child (someone else's)
息子
my son
娘
my daughter
赤ちゃん
baby
おじ
my uncle
おば
my aunt
いとこ
cousin
孫
grandchild
一人っ子
only child
何人家族ですか。
How many people are in your family?
四人家族です。
There are four of us in my family.
兄が一人います。
I have one older brother.
姉は東京に住んでいます。
My older sister lives in Tokyo.
お母さんはお元気ですか。
How is your mother?
父は会社員です。
My father is an office worker.