皇族|こうぞくkouzoku[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounimperial family; royalty

• Related王族おうぞくNeutralRefers to the family of a king and is mostly used for foreign royal houses; 「皇族」 is reserved for members of an emperor's family.
• Related王室おうしつWrittenIn written/formal prose, denotes a king and his relatives as a whole; the Japanese imperial house is normally called 「皇室」.
• Related王家おうけNeutralDenotes a royal house or lineage, with the emphasis on bloodline and its succession.
• RelatedロイヤルファミリーNeutralLoanword for a royal or imperial family, mostly used in media coverage of royal houses such as Britain's.
• Antonym平民へいみんWrittenIn written/formal prose, a commoner standing opposite the exalted 「皇族」; also the historical commoner class.
• Antonym庶民しょみんNeutralOrdinary people as opposed to 「皇族」, with the emphasis on the everyday life of the general public.

Use 「皇族」 for members of the emperor's family. For the Japanese imperial house as a whole say 「皇室」; for a foreign king's family use 「王族」 or 「王室」, or the loanword 「ロイヤルファミリー」. The opposites are 「庶民」 and 「平民」.

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1. 天皇てんのうの一族いちぞく。皇帝こうていの一族いちぞく。