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    3. 土人

    土人

    土ど人じん

    native

    KMT9News #36+1Ref L2NounHistoryKanji Vocab5 strokes

    どじん

    Noun

    1.
    native, aboriginal

    Stroke 0 / 5

    Speed1.0x

    その島しまには土ど人じんが住すんでいた。

    Natives lived on that island.

    KMT7HistoryNature & Environment
    昔むかしの探たん検けん家かは、未み開かいの地ちの土ど人じんと交きょう流りゅうした。

    Ancient explorers interacted with the natives of unexplored lands.

    KMT9HistoryTravel & Transportation
    植しょく民みん地ち時じ代だいには、多おおくの地ち域いきで土ど人じんの文ぶん化かが抑よく圧あつされた。

    During the colonial era, the cultures of indigenous peoples were suppressed in many regions.

    KMT9HistoryCulture & Traditions
    19世せい紀きの文ぶん献けんには、各かく地ちの土ど人じんの生せい活かつ様よう式しきが詳しょう細さいに記き録ろくされている。

    19th-century documents record in detail the lifestyles of indigenous peoples in various regions.

    KMT9HistoryLiterature
    「土ど人じん」という言こと葉ばは、かつては中ちゅう立りつ的てきに使つかわれたが、現げん代だいでは差さ別べつ的てきなニュアンスを持もつため、使し用ようは避さけるべきである。

    The word "dojin" was once used neutrally, but in modern times it carries a discriminatory nuance, so its use should be avoided.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistoryPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    土
    つち…(5)
    soil・earth・ground・Turkey
    人
    ひと・-り・-と…(7)
    person
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