burakumin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a Japanese social minority group, descendants of feudal-era outcasts.

Word forms

burakumin burakumins

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 部落民, from Middle Chinese 部落 (bu^X lak, “tribe”) + 民 (mjin, “people”).

Related words

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