身内

みうち
one's whole body
relatives
friends
followers

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みうち【身内】

*relative

〖C〗《正式》親族， 身内《◆(1) relation より一般的な語. (2) 家族や結婚による縁者も含む》

family circle

〖C〗身内の人たち.

¶ → 身内意識

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みうち【身内】

1 〔親類〕 relations; relatives; 〔家族〕 one's family.

●身内同士で隠し事はよせよ. You might as well tell me about it. We're family.

●身内に重病人がいる. One of the relatives is terribly ill.

・身内に祝い事がある. A felicitous event has occurred in my family.

●身内のこと private [family] affairs

・身内のもめごと a dispute among (the) relatives

・身内の恥をさらす embarrass the relatives.

●知っていたのは身内だけだ. Only the family knew about it.

2 〔同組織の人〕 members of the same organization.

●警察も身内には甘いようだ. Even the police are soft on their own kind.

3 〔子分〕 henchmen 《of a yakuza》.

●次郎長の身内の者 one of Jirochō's underlings.

●お前はどこの身内だ. Who's your boss?

4 〔体〕 《within [in]》 one's body.

●身内に戦慄が走る a shiver runs through one's body.

身内意識 family feeling.

●ここの社員は身内意識が強い. The employees here have very close rapport.