Meaning of 種族(しゅぞく) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 種族

Kana Reading しゅぞく

Romaji shuzoku

Examples of 種族, しゅぞく in a sentence

東アフリカの種族の中には、乳製品を主食にしているのがあるそうだ。

I hear some tribes in eastern Africa live on milk products.
世界には実に多くの種族がいます。

There are quite a lot of tribes in the world.
虎は消滅しかかっている種族である。

The tiger is a vanishing species.
王はすべての種族を服従させた。

The king subjected all the tribes to his rule.
ヨーロッパ人たちはその種族を文明化しようと努めた。

Europeans tried to civilize the tribe.
その島には未開種族がいる。

There are still some savage tribes on that island.

種 JLPT 3

14 strokes

species, kind, class, variety, seed

On'Yomi: シュ

Kun'Yomi: たね, -ぐさ

族 JLPT 4

11 strokes

tribe, family

On'Yomi: ゾク

Kun'Yomi:

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