buraku
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Japanese 部落民 (burakumin).
Noun[edit]
buraku pl (plural only)
- (often italicized) The burakumin, a Japanese minority group descended from feudal outcast communities
- 2009 January 16, Norimitsu Onishi, “Japan’s Outcasts Still Wait for Society’s Embrace”, in New York Times[1]:
- How far have they come since Japan began carrying out affirmative action policies for the buraku four decades ago, mirroring the American civil rights movement?
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Romanization[edit]
buraku
Polish[edit]
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Noun[edit]
buraku
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