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    3. 村八分

    村八分

    村むら八はち分ぶ

    ostracism

    KMT10News #44+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab13 strokes

    村はちぶ

    むらはちぶ

    Noun

    1.
    ostracism
    2.
    complete ostracism of a household (the harshest punishment in Edo-period village law)
    historical term

    Stroke 0 / 13

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    彼かれは村むら八はち分ぶにされた。

    He was ostracized by the village.

    KMT8HistoryEmotions & Psychology
    古ふるい村むらでは、村むら八はち分ぶは厳きびしい罰ばっ則そくの一ひとつだった。

    In old villages, ostracism was one of the severe punishments.

    KMT10HistoryCulture & Traditions
    村むら八はち分ぶにされることへの恐きょう怖ふが、しばしば村むら人びとたちに共きょう同どう体たいの規き範はんに従したがうことを強しいた。

    The fear of being ostracized often forced villagers to conform to community norms.

    KMT10HistoryEmotions & PsychologyCulture & Traditions
    江え戸ど時じ代だい、村むら八はち分ぶは農のう村そん社しゃ会かいにおける強きょう力りょくな社しゃ会かい統とう制せいの手しゅ段だんだった。

    During the Edo period, ostracism was a powerful means of social control in rural communities.

    KMT10HistoryCulture & Traditions
    現げん代だいにおいても、村むら八はち分ぶのような社しゃ会かい的てき排はい除じょは深ふかい精せい神しん的てき苦く痛つうを与あたえることがある。

    Even in modern times, social exclusion akin to ostracism can cause deep emotional pain.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    村
    むら…(4)
    village・town
    八
    や・や.つ・やっ.つ・よう…(7)
    eight・eight radical (no. 12)
    分
    わ.ける・わ.け・わ.かれる・わ.かる・わ.かつ…(5)
    part・minute of time・segment・share・degree…(8)
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