Vocabulary

What does 民族 (みんぞく, minzoku) mean?

民族 (みんぞく, minzoku) means ethnic group, people, nation.

Quick facts
Readingみんぞく
Romajiminzoku
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
みんぞく
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonminzoku

ethnic group, people, nation

  1. 1noun people; race; nation

Example sentences

  • I wore traditional ethnic costume to take part in the festival.

  • Many ethnic groups coexist in this country.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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