一いち族ぞく

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

Refers to an extended family, lineage, or clan, often including relatives beyond the nuclear family. Can also imply a group united by blood or common origin.

彼かれは有ゆう名めいな芸げい術じゅつ家かの一いち族ぞくに生うまれた。
He was born into a family of famous artists.
その村むらには古ふるくから続つづく一いち族ぞくが住すんでいる。
A clan that has continued since ancient times lives in that village.

noun

household; family (as a unit)

Emphasizes the family as a domestic unit or household, often in contexts of shared living or economic ties. Less common than sense 1 in modern usage.

一いち族ぞくで農のう業ぎょうを営いとなんでいる。
The household runs a farm together.

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Usage patterns

一いち族ぞくを挙あげて〈動どう詞し〉to do something as an entire clan/family
一いち族ぞくを挙あげてお祝いわいをした。
The whole clan came together to celebrate.
一いち族ぞくの長ちょうを務つとめるto serve as the head of the clan
彼かれは一いち族ぞくの長ちょうを務つとめている。
He serves as the head of the clan.
一いち族ぞくが滅ほろびるfor a clan or family line to die out
戦せん乱らんの中なかでその一いち族ぞくは滅ほろびた。
That clan was wiped out amid the wars.
〈人ひと〉の一いち族ぞくに生うまれるto be born into someone's clan or family line
彼かれは武ぶ家けの一いち族ぞくに生うまれた。
He was born into a samurai clan.

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
族tribe, family

Related words· 11

家か族ぞくN5sense 1
家族 refers to the immediate nuclear family living together, while 一族 covers a broader extended clan or lineage.
親しん族ぞくN1sense 1
親族 is a formal/legal term for relatives by blood or marriage, whereas 一族 emphasizes shared lineage and clan identity.
一いっ家かN3sense 2
一家 focuses on a single household or family unit living together, while 一族 extends to the wider clan beyond one household.
氏し族ぞく sense 1
氏族 is an anthropological/historical term for a clan grouped by surname or descent, whereas 一族 is the everyday word for such a group.

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同どう族ぞく sense 1
同族 stresses belonging to the same lineage or group (often used for companies or animals too), while 一族 is used specifically for human family clans.
クラン
一族 is the standard Japanese word for a family lineage or clan, while クラン is a loanword mainly used for foreign, fantasy, or gaming clans.
一いち門もん
一族 stresses blood relations and extended family, while 一門 can also include non-blood members like disciples or followers.
氏しN2
一族 is a regular noun meaning a family or clan group, while 氏 in this sense attaches directly to a surname, especially in historical contexts.
大だい家か族ぞく
大家族 focuses on the size and closeness of a household, while 一族 refers more broadly to an entire clan or lineage, including distant relatives.
部ぶ族ぞく
一族 focuses on an extended family or lineage, while 部族 is a wider social unit that can include many unrelated families.
親しん戚せきN4
一族 refers to a whole clan or lineage sharing a surname or ancestry, while 親戚 refers to individual relatives without implying a unified clan.

Word family

一いち族ぞく郎ろう党とう
one's whole clan and retainers; one's family and followers

Etymology

Compound of 一 (いち, 'one') and 族 (ぞく, 'tribe, family'), literally meaning 'one family/clan'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling conventionally represents a unified family group.