tribe

部族

共通の歴史、文化、しばしば言語を持ち、共同体として暮らす家族の集団。

やさしい英語で： A group of families with a shared history, culture, and often language, living as a community.

• The tribe has its own language.
• Members of the tribe gathered for the festival.
• Several tribes have lived in this region for centuries.

よく使う表現： local tribe, tribe members, a nomadic tribe

仲間、集団

共通の関心や生活様式によって、つながりを感じる人々の集団。

やさしい英語で： A group of people who feel connected through shared interests or ways of living.

• I found my tribe at art school.
• Their tribe meets every weekend to play games.
• The festival attracts a tribe of devoted music fans.

類義語： group, circle

よく使う表現： find your tribe, urban tribe, a creative tribe

母系

母親をたどると、同じ雌の祖先に行き着く動物の系統。

やさしい英語で： A family of animals all descended from the same female through their mothers.

• These cows belong to the same tribe.
• The breeder traced the tribe to one female.
• Each tribe has a separate maternal line.

類義語： maternal line

よく使う表現： cattle tribe, a breeding tribe

分類する

人や物をグループや種類に分ける。

やさしい英語で： To sort people or things into groups or classes.

• They tribe the animals by type.
• The writer tribed the creatures into classes.
• These species were tribed according to their shared features.

使い方： tribe something into groups (The naturalist tribed the birds into groups.)

類義語： classify, categorize

よく使う表現： tribe the animals, tribe into classes