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内婚制 (naikonsei) Japanese meaning: endogamy | Kotomora

内ない婚こん制せい

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Meanings

1

Technical term in anthropology and sociology for the practice of marrying within a specific social group, clan, or tribe.

この部ぶ族ぞくでは内ない婚こん制せいが伝でん統とう的てきに行おこなわれている

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Endogamy is traditionally practiced in this tribe.

Kanji

内inside, within, between
婚marriage
制system, law, rule

Related words

外がい婚こん制せい
外婚制 (exogamy) is the opposite practice of marrying outside one's own group.

Built from

内ない婚こん+制せい

Etymology

Compound of 内 (inside) + 婚 (marriage) + 制 (system). The term is a direct translation of the Western anthropological concept of endogamy.