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同胞 (どうほう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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I feel relieved when I meet a fellow countryman abroad.
He worked hard for his compatriots.
Related words 同国人 is a neutral term for someone from the same country, while 同胞 adds a warm sense of shared kinship or solidarity.
兄弟 usually means actual siblings, whereas 同胞 extends that brotherhood metaphorically to a whole nation or ethnic group.
仲間 is a general word for companions or peers in any group, while 同胞 specifically evokes people bound by shared nationality or ethnicity.
同胞 carries a warmer, more emotional sense of 'fellow countryman', whereas 邦人 is a drier, more official term often used in news reports.
Word family brotherly love; fraternal love
movement to end discrimination against Burakumin
universal brotherhood; all people are brothers
Etymology From Middle Chinese 同胞 (duwng pæw, 'born of the same womb'). The kanji 同 means 'same' and 胞 means 'womb' or 'placenta', together originally meaning 'siblings'. The meaning extended to 'compatriot' or 'fellow countryman' in both Chinese and Japanese.
Even abroad, he never forgot his feelings for his fellow countrymen.
gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
Gikun/jukujikun reading; archaic or literary, meaning siblings from the same womb.
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gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
