生せい口こう

noun

prisoner of war (Yayoi period)

Archaic term for captives taken during the Yayoi period; used in historical contexts.

• 弥生やよい時じ代だいの遺い跡せきから、生せい口こうとして連れん行こうされた人ひと々びとの痕こん跡せきが見みつかっている。

  Traces of people taken as prisoners of war during the Yayoi period have been found at archaeological sites.

noun

slaves

Refers to enslaved individuals in ancient Japan; often overlaps with the prisoner-of-war sense in historical texts.

• 古こ墳ふん時じ代だいには、生せい口こうが重じゅう要ような労ろう働どう力りょくとして使つかわれていた。

  During the Kofun period, slaves were used as an important labor force.