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    3. 先住

    先住

    先せん住じゅう

    original inhabitant

    KMT4News #6+1HistoryKanji Vocab13 strokes

    せんじゅう

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    original inhabitant, aboriginal

    Noun

    2.
    previous priest

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    この島しまには先せん住じゅう民みん族ぞくが住すんでいました。

    Indigenous people lived on this island.

    KMT4HistoryCulture & Traditions
    先せん住じゅうの人ひと々びとの文ぶん化かは非ひ常じょうに豊ゆたかです。

    The culture of the indigenous people is very rich.

    KMT4HistoryCulture & Traditions
    歴れき史しの授じゅ業ぎょうで、北ほく米べいの先せん住じゅう民みん族ぞくについて学まなびました。

    In history class, I learned about the indigenous peoples of North America.

    KMT5HistoryEducation
    先せん住じゅう権けんは、その土と地ちに古ふるくから住すむ人ひと々びとの権けん利りを指さします。

    Indigenous rights refer to the rights of people who have lived on that land since ancient times.

    KMT6HistoryPolitics & Law
    先せん住じゅう民みん族ぞくの伝でん統とう的てきな物ものが語たりは、世せ代だいを超こえて語かたり継つがれています。

    The traditional stories of the indigenous people have been passed down through generations.

    KMT6HistoryCulture & TraditionsLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    先
    さき・ま.ず…(2)
    before・ahead・previous・future・precedence
    住
    す.む・す.まう・-ず.まい…(6)
    dwell・reside・live・inhabit
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