王おう族ぞく

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Meanings

Refers to the members of a royal family collectively, or the status of being royal. Often used in news and formal contexts.

〈人ひと〉が王おう族ぞくに嫁とつぐto marry into royalty
彼かの女じょは隣りん国ごくの王おう族ぞくに嫁とついだ。
She married into the royal family of the neighboring country.
王おう族ぞくの血ちを引ひくto be descended from royalty
彼かれは王おう族ぞくの血ちを引ひいていると言いわれている。
He is said to be descended from royalty.
王おう族ぞくとして生うまれるto be born into royalty
彼かの女じょは王おう族ぞくとして生うまれ、幼おさない頃ころから厳きびしい教きょう育いくを受うけた。
She was born into royalty and received a strict education from a young age.

皇こう族ぞく
皇族 specifically means the members of the Japanese Imperial Family, while 王族 is the general term for any royal family, Japanese or foreign.
皇こう室しつ
皇室 refers specifically to the Japanese Imperial Family as an institution, whereas 王族 is a general word for royal families of any country.
王おう家け
王家 emphasizes the royal house or lineage as a family line, while 王族 refers to the individual members belonging to that royal family.
貴き族ぞくN2
貴族 means nobility or aristocracy in general, a broader class that can include non-royal titled families, while 王族 is limited to the king's or queen's own relatives.

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王おう侯こう
王族 means the royal family and focuses on blood ties to the monarch, whereas 王侯 more broadly covers the king and his vassal lords together.
王おう室しつ
王族 denotes individual members of a royal family, whereas 王室 refers to the family as a whole institution.

庶しょ民みんN2
庶民 means ordinary common people, the opposite of 王族, the privileged members of a royal family.

皇こう族ぞく
皇族 refers only to members of the Japanese imperial family, whereas 王族 refers to royalty belonging to other countries' royal houses.
貴き族ぞくN2
王族 refers specifically to royalty, the ruling king's family, while 貴族 covers the broader aristocratic class ranked below royalty.

Compound of 王 (king) and 族 (family, tribe). The reading is on'yomi, suggesting a Sino-Japanese origin.