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burakumin

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Bu⋅ra⋅ku⋅min

  [boor-uh-koo-min]
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–plural noun
(in Japan) the members of a large social minority who have traditionally been considered outcasts.
Origin:
1965–70; < Japn, equiv. to buraku settlement, ghetto (< MChin, equiv. to Chin bùlùo (or bùlào) settlement, village) + -min people (< MChin, equiv. to Chin mín)
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