系 【ケイ】 system, lineage, group, corollary, system (range of strata
that correspond to a particular time period), (taxonomical) series
系統 【ケイトウ】 system, lineage, ancestry, family line, group (e.g. of
colors) (colours), family (e.g. of languages), party, school (of
thought), close (evolutionary) relationship, a population sharing a
common ancestor (in genetics), strain (e.g. bacterial)
日系 【ニッケイ】 (of) Japanese descent, non-Japanese of Japanese descent,
nikkeijin, company, etc. set up with Japanese capital, company
managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent
水系 【スイケイ】 water system, river system, drainage system |