良家

りょうけ

Also written りょうか

Meanings

1. Noun good family; respectable family; decent family

Kanji

• 良 good. Read as リョウ.
• 家 home. Read as ケ.

Example sentences

• 彼は物静かな人で、良家の出だった。
  He was a quiet fellow and came from a good family.
• 彼女の行儀作法は良家の子女のそれではない。
  Her manners are not those of a lady.
• 彼女はいささかとりすました良家のお嬢さんだった。
  She was a rather prim and proper young lady.
• 彼女は良家の出身だ。
  She comes from a good family.
• 彼女は良家で育てられたかのように振る舞う。
  She behaves as if she had been brought up in a good family.

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