Meeting the in laws again: Health and well-being

🇯🇵 [お久しぶり] is a friendly polite way to greet someone you haven't seen in a while. With in-laws, adding [です] as in [お久しぶりです。] is the safer default.

🇯🇵 This is a standard polite greeting when meeting again after some time. It fits well with in-laws and other adults you want to sound respectful with.

🇯🇵 When speaking to or about your spouse's father, Japanese often uses family-style terms like [お義父さん] rather than a plain label like "father-in-law." It sounds more natural and personal in family settings.

🇯🇵 When speaking to or about your spouse's mother, [お義母さん] is the natural family term. In real family conversation, this is more usual than a direct equivalent of "mother-in-law."

💬 [か] makes a polite question, so [ですか] often works like "is it?" or "are you?" Compare [お元気ですか。] and [大丈夫ですか。]

🇯🇵 [お元気ですか。] is a polite, standard way to ask after someone's well-being. It works well with in-laws, especially at the start of a visit or phone call.

💬 [たち] makes [私] into a group: [私たち] = "we." You can do the same with other people words too, like [先生たち] for "the teachers."