Illustration: At a Japanese community center, several households gather around an extended display of old portrait photographs brought from their homes. Children, parents, and elders stand together in ordinary contemporary clothing, comparing ancestors' faces with the people beside them.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

民みん族ぞく

minzoku

ethnic group, people

Distinguish 民族, a people, from 民俗, folk customs. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. どの民族みんぞくも独自どくじの神話しんわを持もっている。

    Every nation has its own myths.

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  2. 我々われわれは平和へいわを愛あいする民族みんぞくである。

    We are a peace-loving nation.

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  3. インカ人じんは信心深しんじんふかい民族みんぞくだった。

    The Inca were religious people.

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Kanji in 民族

  • 民people; nationOnミンKunたみ
  • 族tribe; familyOnゾク

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