身内

身うち

Reading

Kana: みうち

Romaji: miuchi

Definitions

noun

1

relatives; one's family

2

friends; members of the same organization

3

followers; henchmen

4

one's whole body

Kanji

身

Readings: シン、 み

Meanings: somebody, person, one's station in life

内

Readings: ナイ、 ダイ、 うち

Meanings: inside, within, between, among, house, home

Example Sentences

他人(たにん)より身内(みうち)。

➥Blood is thicker than water.

神(かみ)は私(わたし)の身内(みうち)に存(そん)するが、そうでなければ全然(ぜんぜん)存在(そんざい)しない。

➥God is in me or else is not at all.

いつくしみは、身内(みうち)から始(はじ)めよう。

➥Charity begins at home.

できちゃった婚(こん)のため身内(みうち)と大学(だいがく)の友人(ゆうじん)2人(にん)しかよばない地味(じみ)婚(こん)にするそうです。

➥It seems as it was a shot-gun wedding so they're having a quiet wedding with only family and a couple of friends from university invited.