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)/EntL1485040X/ ------- 穢多(ateji) [えた] /(n) (vulg) (See 被差別部落民) one group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (people whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses)/EntL1570180X/ |