同族(どうぞく)

どうぞく
noun
same family; same clan; kindred
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1. same family; same clan; same kind
Belonging to the same family, clan, or lineage; also, by extension, of the same kind or group. Most often met in business compounds describing companies owned and run by one family.
同族(どうぞく)会社(がいしゃ)に就職(しゅうしょく)した。
I got a job at a family-owned company.
この会社(かいしゃ)は創業(そうぎょう)以来(いらい)同族(どうぞく)経営(けいえい)が続(つづ)いている。
This company has been run by the founding family ever since it was established.
同族(どうぞく)の間(あいだ)でも相続(そうぞく)をめぐる争(あらそ)いは珍(めずら)しくない。
Even among members of the same family, disputes over inheritance are not unusual.

Common collocations

  • 同族(どうぞく)会社(がいしゃ): family-owned company
  • 同族(どうぞく)経営(けいえい): family management (of a business)
  • 同族(どうぞく)意識(いしき): sense of kinship

Similar words

  • 一族(いちぞく): a clan or extended family as a group of people; 同族(どうぞく) describes the relationship of belonging to the same one, and is usually the first half of a compound.

Related Words

Compare: 一族(いちぞく) (a clan or extended family as a group…)
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Added 2026.10.16 23:01 · Revised 2026.10.16 23:02
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