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被差別部落民

被差別部落民

Japanese

Kanji in this term
被	差	別	部	落	民
ひ Grade: S	さ Grade: 4	べつ Grade: 4	ぶ Grade: 3	らく Grade: 3	みん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

被差別部落民 ‎(hiragana ひさべつぶらくみん, romaji hisabetsu burakumin)

burakumin, the modern descendants of the lowest rank of the social caste in Edo period Japan

See also

穢多 (えた, eta): the lowest social caste in Edo-period Japan