民 族 的(みんぞくてき)

みんぞくてき

na-adjective

ethnic; national; pertaining to a people or ethnic group

1. ethnic; national; relating to a particular people or ethnic group

Describes something that relates to, or is characteristic of, a particular ethnic group or people. Commonly used in discussions of culture, identity, conflict, and tradition.

民族的(みんぞくてき)な対立(たいりつ)が続(つづ)いている。

Ethnic conflict continues.

その国(くに)には民族的(みんぞくてき)多様性(たようせい)がある。

That country has ethnic diversity.

祭(まつ)りには民族的(みんぞくてき)な衣装(いしょう)を身(み)にまとった人々(ひとびと)が集(あつ)まっていた。

People dressed in ethnic costumes had gathered at the festival.

Composed of 民族(みんぞく) (ethnic group, people) and the suffix 〜的(てき), which forms na-adjectives meaning "related to" or "characteristic of." Used primarily in news, academic writing, and formal discussion rather than casual conversation.

Common patterns

Before a noun: 民族的(みんぞくてき)な + noun (民族的(みんぞくてき)な問題(もんだい) — an ethnic problem)
As a predicate: …は民族的(みんぞくてき)だ (it is ethnic in nature)
As an adverb: 民族的(みんぞくてき)に + verb (民族的(みんぞくてき)に見(み)て — ethnically speaking)

Common collocations

民族的(みんぞくてき)対立(たいりつ): ethnic conflict
民族的(みんぞくてき)多様性(たようせい): ethnic diversity
民族的(みんぞくてき)少数派(しょうすうは): ethnic minority
民族的(みんぞくてき)背景(はいけい): ethnic background
民族的(みんぞくてき)アイデンティティ: ethnic identity

Similar words

民族(みんぞく): (the base noun) ethnic group, people — used as a modifier without 的 in fixed compounds like 民族(みんぞく)衣装(いしょう) (ethnic costume)
人種的(じんしゅてき): racial — emphasizes biological/physical race rather than culture
国民的(こくみんてき): national — relating to a nation's citizens as a whole, not an ethnic subgroup

Related Words

Compare: 国民的(こくみんてき) (national)

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