| Term | Kanji | Rough translation | Core idea | |------|-------|-------------------|-----------| | | 親戚 | “relatives; kinship network” | The set of blood‑ or marriage‑related persons beyond the nuclear family (parents, siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, etc.). | | Ko | 子 | “child” | The younger generation within that network. | | Tomaru | 止まる | “to stop; to stay; to settle” | Here used figuratively to mean “to be bound by” or “to be limited to.” |

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