階級制度 | [かいきゅうせいど, kaikyuuseido] (n) class system; caste system; hierarchical system [Add to Longdo] |
新平民 | [しんへいみん, shinheimin] (n) (arch) (vulg) "new commoners" (name given to the lowest rank of the Japanese caste system after its abolition) [Add to Longdo] |
非人 | [ひにん, hinin] (n) (vulg) one group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (often ex-convicts or vagrants) [Add to Longdo] |
不可触賎民;不可触賤民 | [ふかしょくせんみん, fukashokusenmin] (n) (See 不可触民) untouchable (of India's caste system) [Add to Longdo] |
不可触民 | [ふかしょくみん, fukashokumin] (n) (See ハリジャン) untouchable (of the Indian caste system) [Add to Longdo] |
穢多(ateji) | [えた, eta] (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) [Add to Longdo] |