burakumin
burakumin · burakumins · burakumin
A member of a Japanese social minority group, descendants of feudal-era outcastsA member of a Japanese social minority group, descendants of feudal-era outcasts.
Meaning
1 sensesA member of a Japanese social minority group, descendants of feudal-era outcasts.
Origin
Borrowed from Japanese 部落民, from Middle Chinese 部落 (bu^X lak, “tribe”) + 民 (mjin, “people”Borrowed from Japanese 部落民, from Middle Chinese 部落 (bu^X lak, “tribe”) + 民 (mjin, “people”).
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Forms
plural: burakumins / burakumin| Singular | burakumin |
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| Plural | burakumins / burakumin |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedeta
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular