民みん族ぞく誌し学がく

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noun

Academic term for the systematic study and description of individual cultures.

民people, nation, subjects

族tribe, family

誌document, records

学study, learning, science

民みん族ぞく学がく
民族学 is a broader term for ethnology, the comparative study of cultures, while 民族誌学 specifically refers to the descriptive study of a single culture.
文ぶん化か人じん類るい学がく
文化人類学 (cultural anthropology) is a wider field that includes ethnography as a research method.

Compound of 民族 (ethnic group) + 誌 (record, description) + 学 (study). The term is a direct translation of the Western academic concept of ethnography.