太陽族 たいようぞく Meanings Noun dissolute postwar youths (from Ishihara Shintarou's 1955 novel 「太陽の季節」 (Season of the Sun)) Kanji 太 thick. Read as タイ. 陽 sunshine. Read as ヨウ. 族 tribe. Read as ゾク. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists