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戸籍 (こせき): census, family register — Japanese vocabulary

戸籍 is read こせき and means "census, family register". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

戸籍

Reading
こせき · koseki
Translation
census, family register
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
こせきが

Example

戸籍上の縁は切れても、昔日の絆はそのままだ。

こせきじょうのえんはきれても、せきじつのきずなはそのままだ。

Our connection may be cut on paper but the bonds of old remain as they were.

Kanji in this word

  • 戸 — Door, Counter For Houses, Door Radical (no. 63)
  • 籍 — register, enrollment

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