How to Say ‘The whole family’ in Japanese
家族みんなで
kazoku minna de
[kah-zoh-koo meen-nah deh]
💬 Usage Tip: [みんなで] means doing something "with everyone" or "all together." The [で] here marks the group involved: [家族みんなで] = "with the whole family."
Phrase Breakdown
家族
kazoku
[kah-zoh-koo]
family
Refers to one’s family or relatives as a group.
家族で温泉に行きました。
I went to a hot spring with my family.
みんな
minna
[meen-nah]
everyone
Means all the people in a group; here, everyone in the family.
みんなで写真を見ました。
We all looked at the photos together.
で
de
[deh]
with; by; as a group
A particle that can show means or that people do something together as a group.
家族で出かけました。
We went out as a family.
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