In Japanese society, 家-iе –“house” is a very important and comprehensive concept. A house is a complete system made up of the homeowner and the family. 家-iе –the word “house” is considered to have different meanings, such as place of residence, family, family group, belonging to a tribe, inheritor, social status. In this study, terms such as 主人(syujin)–husband, 家内(kanai)-wife, 奥さん(okusan)-your wife, 嫁(yome)-bride are related to家-iе –“house”. Comparative studies of kinship terms have been studied by many researchers. In addition, anthropological, dialectical, historical, typological, applied and focus studies have recently been observed. European and American scholars (Embree, Norbeck, Cornell, Beardley, Befu, Fisher) after that Japanese scholars (Suzuki, Fuji, Komori) have researched in-depth scientific works on the pecularity of Japanese kinship references. In the article analyzes the researches about kinship terms related to家-iе –“house” have been observed. Thera are four main scientific points of view about the use of kinship references: 1)the social position taken as a criterion of the house is taken as status names(positional terminology, social status); 2)kinship terminology 3)modified teknonymy; 4) oikonimi ー oykonim iе –“house”. Which viewpoint is more effective? It is one of the controversial topic in the japanese kinship references. The meanings of kinship terms have not been widely analyzed in nowadays’ researches. It has been found that specific concepts in personality thought have not sufficiently been studied in the application of kinship terms.
