People from affluent, well-known families can afford to send their children to schools with high social standing, but people with poor families and bad family backgrounds can only send their children to schools with no standing.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1998年4月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT138036", "2430140"

Good blood makes bad puddings without groats or suet.〔ことわざ〕

Nobility, without ability, is like a pudding wanting suet.〔脂身が旨みの素だから。◆ことわざ〕

gentleman's C〔成績のよくない良家出身の学生らに対して、ぎりぎりの及第点を与えること。単に一般的な意味での「お情けの及第点」ならpity gradeなどの表現がある〕

from a good family
【形】

genteel

a person of birth

gentlefolk〈文〉

Gentry sent to market will not buy one bushel of corn.〔ことわざ〕

Birth is much, but breeding is more.

trace one's parentage

lie about one's origin

falsify the origin of

claim a family lineage stretching back to

"The Montresors," I replied, "were a great and numerous family."〔【出典】日英対訳文・対応付けデータ（独立行政法人情報通信研究機構）〕"_CASK", "2177267"

"The family register lets us know from which family a person is from.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1994年10月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT096023", "2177819"

Sagittarian people have tremendous respect for their family background.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1998年1月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT135084", "2439520"

Rich people with good lineage can have gorgeous weddings at splendid churches, but poor people with bad family backgrounds cannot even afford to have ceremonies.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1998年4月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT138036", "2438335"

she was a clever woman, but so proud of her noble birth that she wore twelve oysters on her tail, while the other grandees were only allowed six.〔【出典】日英対訳文・対応付けデータ（独立行政法人情報通信研究機構）〕"_MERMA01", "2596292"

Here in Japan, a foreigner can't just marry a guy with a good family background, Japanese'll think twice before letting their son marry a foreigner.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1998年8月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT142041", "2319243"

If you want a lavish wedding bash, and invite well-known elites and celebrities, of course they'll ask your background, and that happens all over the world, including Japan.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1998年8月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT142041", "2353227"

Later, it turned out that the victims, Moiz Butt （17） and his brother Muneeb （15）, were innocent and belonged to a respectable family.〔【出典】Global Voices Online◆【英文】Sana Jamal ◆【和訳】Yukari Sugiyama ◆【License】CC BY 3.0 〕

In other words, rich people with good family backgrounds end up socializing only with each other, and they never make an effort to mix with other types of people.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1998年4月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT138036", "2362925"

For my children, I imposed the following three tasks; honoring etiquette and good thinking about what is right, not hurting the family status and having a high academic career.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2000年9月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT167004", "2299564"

For the actions of a new prince are more narrowly observed than those of an hereditary one, and when they are seen to be able they gain more men and bind far tighter than ancient blood;〔【出典】日英対訳文・対応付けデータ（独立行政法人情報通信研究機構）〕"_PRI2-24", "2300031"

First of all, from long ago until today, people in the Philippines have not been able to get married unless it's to someone who has the same status, lineage, family traditions, and continuous social standing as themselves.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1998年4月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT138036", "2296536"

Also, apart from when they fall in love, people do not like to associate with others who are not of their exact same status and family background, so people who are from different backgrounds do not meet each other at all.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1998年4月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT138036", "2241042"

highly respectable family

Mrs. Castellanos later explained that the coloration has more than just decorative significance: it was also used to identify the wearers, similar to the way Scottish tartans indicate a person's family.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2001年11月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT181004", "2406795"

come from a blue blooded family

Born into a high ranking samurai family, Yae was offered special education because her father was a wealthy Diet member.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2010年3月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT281025", "2267653"

who, when he died, left him （Orlando being then very young） to the care of his eldest brother, Oliver, charging Oliver on his blessing to give his brother a good education and provide for him as became the dignity of their ancient house.〔【出典】日英対訳文・対応付けデータ（独立行政法人情報通信研究機構）〕"_LIKE", "2600805"

family of ancient extraction

distinguished ancestry

come from distinguished ancestry

Of high status, the Ambassador's father was the former Grand Chamberlain to the Royal Household.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2000年9月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT167004", "2417652"

come from a very traditional background

While the status of a family was most important at the time, Nobunaga promoted anyone who produced good results regardless of which family he came from.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2005年5月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT223026", "2567707"

He has an irreproachable family background.

At that time Japan was also in the middle of a period of high economic growth and the time when capable men could succeed in life regardless of their blood line was just around the corner.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2007年3月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT245022", "2261194"

After the abolishment of the caste system during the Meiji Restoration, the job a person could secure came to depend basically on ability and no longer had much to do with social class at birth, lineage or parent's wealth."NIPO-166", "2237338"

an established family

come from a high respectable family

gently born

Money, lineage, education, and looks aren't what it's about.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1994年3月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT089007", "2403135"