Illustration: At an Ainu community cultural workshop in Hokkaido, several generations gather around a long table. An elder demonstrates embroidery on a traditional cotton robe while two younger adults and a child work on related pieces.

JLPT N1suffixLevel estimated by Bebop

族ぞく

zoku

people, tribe, ethnic group

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Example sentences

  1. インカ族ぞくの家いえには家具かぐがない。

    There is no furniture in the houses of the Incas.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 南みなみアフリカのズールー族ぞくは独自どくじの言語げんごを持もっている。

    The Zulu tribe in South Africa has its own language.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. まずやって来きたのはケルト族ぞくで、紀元前きげんぜん６００年ねんのことでした。

    First came the Celts in 600 B.C.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 族

  • 族tribe; familyOnゾク

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