一族|いちぞくichizoku[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounfamily; relatives; dependents
   彼かれはその一族いちぞくに縁えんがある。↗

   He is related to the family.
2. nounhousehold

• Synonym氏族しぞくWrittenWritten/formal prose. A blood-kin group descended from a common ancestor, used mostly in history and anthropology; 「一族」 is the more everyday word.
• Synonym一門いちもんWrittenWritten/formal prose. A family of the same lineage, but also a sect, school, or group of related sumo stables; 「一族」 has only the family sense.
• Synonym血族けつぞくWrittenWritten/formal prose. In legal usage, blood relatives, including adoptive parent and child; 「一族」 points to the family as a whole and is not a legal term.
• Synonym親類しんるいNeutralNeutral. Means relatives, covering both blood relations and relations by marriage; 「一族」 leans toward the family of one bloodline as a whole.
• Synonym親族しんぞくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means relatives; legally, blood kin within six degrees, spouses, and in-laws within three degrees. 「一族」 stresses the shared bloodline.
• Synonym家系かけいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Family lineage or descent, as in 「医者の家系」; 「一族」 is the group of members, not the line of descent.
• SynonymクランNeutralNeutral loanword. A clan, also used for guilds in games; 「一族」 is a Japanese-style word, more often applied to real families.
• Synonym族ぞくWrittenArchaic written reading for blood relatives and kin, almost never used today; say 「一族」 or 「親族（しんぞく）」 in daily speech.
• Synonym眷属けんぞくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Refers to one's family and dependents, and can also mean followers or subordinates; 「一族」 is the whole family sharing one bloodline.
• Synonym家門かもんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Refers to the family name or standing, with the focus on the house's renown; 「一族」 denotes the family members collectively.
• Synonym血縁集団けつえんしゅうだんWrittenWritten/formal prose. An academic term for a kin group descended from a common ancestor; 「一族」 is the more everyday choice.
• Related家系かけいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Family lineage or descent, as in 「医者の家系」; 「一族」 is the group of members, not the line of descent.
• Related親族うからWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means relatives; legally, blood kin within six degrees, spouses, and in-laws within three degrees. 「一族」 stresses the shared bloodline.
• Related閥族ばつぞくWrittenWritten/formal prose. High-prestige families or clans that form factions, with a tinge of power and influence; 「一族」 is more neutral.
• Related宗族そうぞくWrittenWritten/formal prose. A clan made up of the main and branch families of one ancestor; 「一族」 is the more everyday word.

For the whole family of one bloodline, use 「一族」, as in 「一族郎党」. Use 「親類」 for relatives in general, 「親族」 for relatives in formal or legal contexts, and 「家系」 for family lineage or descent.

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1. 同おなじ血筋ちすじに属ぞくする集団しゅうだん。または構成こうせいする人ひと。