Refers to a social group sharing common ancestry, culture, or leadership, often in traditional or historical contexts. Can also be used metaphorically for close-knit groups.
That tribe has lived in this region for centuries.
He is respected as the chief of the tribe.
He belongs to an Amazonian tribe.
Conflicts are occurring between tribes in that region.
The king ruled over several tribes.
種族 is a broader, sometimes biological or classificatory term for a race or species-like group, whereas 部族 specifically means a tribe defined by kinship and shared leadership.
一族 focuses on an extended family or lineage, while 部族 is a wider social unit that can include many unrelated families.
部族 refers to an ethnic tribe with shared culture or ancestry, whereas クラン more often denotes a smaller kinship or in-game group.
部族 refers to a tribe defined by shared culture, territory, or political organization, whereas 氏族 emphasizes descent from a common ancestor within a kinship structure.
部族 is a general word for a tribe or ethnic group regardless of lifestyle, whereas 遊牧民族 specifically means a tribe that lives a nomadic, herding life.
民族 and 部族 are often confused because both mean a group of people, but 民族 is the larger ethnic nation while 部族 is a smaller tribal subdivision of it.
half tribe
Compound of 部 (ぶ, 'section, group') and 族 (ぞく, 'family, tribe'). The combination straightforwardly means 'tribe' or 'clan'.