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貴族 (きぞく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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ぞく
の
家か
系けい
に
生う
まれ
た
。
He was born into a noble family.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 貴き 族ぞく になる for someone to become a noble
He was recognized for his achievements and became a noble.
貴き 族ぞく の 家いえ に 生う まれる to be born into a noble family
She was born into a noble family and grew up without any want.
貴き 族ぞく のような 生せい 活かつ をする to live an aristocratic lifestyle
They are said to live like aristocrats.
Related words 貴族 refers to hereditary titled nobility, while 上流階級 is the broader social upper class that need not hold any noble title.
貴族 is a noun referring to the aristocratic class itself, while 高貴 is a na-adjective describing the quality of being noble or exalted.
貴族 refers broadly to nobles and aristocrats in general, while 王侯 specifically denotes the king together with his high-ranking feudal lords.
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.
Opposites 平民 means an ordinary commoner, the direct opposite of 貴族, the titled nobility.
貴族 means the nobility or aristocracy, the social class contrasted with 庶民, the common people.
Don't confuse with 華族 was the specific Japanese peerage system in use from 1869 to 1947, whereas 貴族 is the general term for nobility in any country or era.
王族 refers specifically to royalty, the ruling king's family, while 貴族 covers the broader aristocratic class ranked below royalty.
貴族 means an aristocrat born into hereditary nobility, whereas エリート refers to status earned through ability, education, or career success.
Word family· 8 leading aristocrat; great noble; magnate
aristocracy; aristocratic system
aristocratic; noble; patrician
Etymology From Middle Chinese 貴族 (kjw+jH dzuwk, “noble family”). The kanji 貴 means 'precious, noble' and 族 means 'family, clan'.
豪ごう 族ぞく
貴族 refers to the court nobility or aristocracy with hereditary rank, while 豪族 emphasizes local, land-based clan power rather than official court status.
独どく 身しん 貴き 族ぞく
affluent single person; unmarried person living in style
royalty and titled nobility
