Tribe - tribe

Japanese: 族 - ぞく

〘Noun〙① A clan. A family. A lineage that descends from the same ancestor. A clan. A family. An elephant. ※Taiheiki (late 14th century) 14 "At this time, Takauji _accompanied _{the Eastern} Barbarians, and _{all the} tribes marched to Kyoto ." ※Shiji Sho (1477) 18 "There were so many instances of defeating tribes and destroying clans." [Book of Documents - Taisei] ② One of the classes in biological taxonomy. In plants, it is called "ren" to avoid the homonymy of "genus." [Vocabulary of Biology (1884)] ③ An ecological unit for extremely small plant communities. It refers to a small group consisting of several individuals of the same species. ④ It refers to the group of elements in the vertical columns of the periodic table. In the old system, there were groups 0 to VIII, each divided into subgroups A and B, but now it is divided into groups 1 to 18 without using subgroups. [Draft Chemical Vocabulary (1900)] ⑤ Used as a suffix to express "a group with a certain tendency or that gathers in a certain place."

Ya-kara [tribe]

〘Noun〙 ("Ya" means "family" and "kara" means blood kinship, just like "kara" in "ukara" and "harakara") ① Relatives of the same family. Clan. Kindred. ※The Chronicles (720) Nintoku 67th year, this year (Maeda Honkun) "Then, all the Yakara clans filled the Kafuya cave at the bottom of the abyss . " ② ( also written as "hai") Friends. Companions. Partners. Group. ※Utsubo (around 970-999) Kurakaichu "The clan of thieves who make my lord apologize" [Additional note] The synonym "ugara" refers to blood relatives, but "yakara" seems to have referred to a broader range of kin based on the word structure. That makes it closer to "tomogara," and it is thought that the condescending feeling of ② arose from this.

Elephant [tribe]

〘 noun 〙 (a variation of the word "zoku" (tribe)) A clan. People of the same bloodline. Because of. Because of. Also, descendants. ※Tombo (c. 974) Vol. 2 "This is something that must be done, and although I feel lazy, there is no other way." ※Tsurezuregusa (c. 1331) Vol. 6 "The former Chusho-o and Kujo Daijo-daijin (abbreviated) all wished for the clan to continue."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① やから。みうち。同じ祖から分かれた血統のもの。一門。一家。ぞう。※太平記（１４Ｃ後）一四「此時尊氏随_二東夷命_一、尽_レ族(ゾク)上洛」※史記抄（1477）一八「人の族を破り、人の門を滅することがいくらもあるほどに」〔書経‐泰誓〕② 生物分類学上の階級の一つ。植物では属との同音を避けて連(れん)と呼ぶ。〔生物学語彙（1884）〕③ きわめて小さい植物群落に対する生態学上の単位。同一種の数個体からなる小群をいう。④ 周期表の縦の列の元素の群をいう。旧方式では０族からVIII族まであり、それぞれＡ・Ｂの亜族に分けたが、現在は亜族を用いず１～１８族に分ける。〔稿本化学語彙（1900）〕⑤ 接尾語的に用いて、「ある傾向の、また、ある特定の場所に集まるグループ」の意を表わす。「社用族」「暴走族」「窓際族」

や‐から【族】

〘名〙 (「や」は「家」、「から」は「うから」「はらから」などの「から」と同じく、血縁関係にあることを表わす)① 一家の親族。一族。同族。うから。※書紀（720）仁徳六七年是歳（前田本訓）「乃ち、諸の虬の族(ヤカラ)、淵底の岫穴(かふや)に満(いは)めり」② (「輩」とも書く) ともがら。仲間。てあい。連中。※宇津保（970‐999頃）蔵開中「わが君をわびさせ奉る盗人のやからは」[補注]類義語「うがら」は血族を指すが、「やから」は語構成からみてそれより広い範囲の同族を指したらしい。その分、「ともがら」に近く、そこから②の見くだした語感が生じたと考えられる。