one group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system |
非人 [ひにん] /(n) (vulg) one group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (often ex-convicts or vagrants)/ ------- 穢多 [えた] /(ateji) (n) (vulg) one group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (people whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses)/ |