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One currently-airing anime series has the title 「小林さんちのメイドラゴン」, with the
official English translation of "Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid." It's not hard
to see how the English comes fairly directly from the Japanese (though losing
the mild wordplay in「メイドラゴン」), but I'm not sure what the ち is doing. It seems
like removing it would have no effect on the English translation of the
phrase.

My best guess is that this ち is related to [家]{うち}, perhaps indicating that
the dragon maid in question belongs to the Kobayashi household, rather than
the person. Is this correct?

This question is not a duplicate of [this question about
ん家](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/36788/what-
does-%E7%9F%B3%E4%BA%95%E3%82%93%E5%AE%B6-abbreviation-mean), which explains
the 〜んち construction, but does not directly mention ~さんちの and how it may be
equivalent or distinct.
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What does this usage of 'ち' represent?
Indeed, this ち is 家【ち】. See [What does "石井ん家" (abbreviation)
mean?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/36788/1628)

Saying ◯◯さんち is like "the Joneses" and gives the phrase a familiar tone. It is
a very common and familiar phrase and certainly shouldn't be taken as a strict
way of saying "it's not 小林さん's dragon, but rather belongs to the whole
_household_ ". It does indeed include this information, suggesting the dragon
is part of the household's daily life, but in a light-hearted manner.
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