ナイチャー

noun

mainlander; non-Okinawan Japanese; Yamato Japanese

Used in Okinawan and Ryukyuan dialects to refer to people from mainland Japan, especially in contrast to Okinawan identity. Often carries a sense of 'outsider' or 'non-local'.

See also: 内地

• 沖おき縄なわでは、本ほん土どから来きた人ひとをナイチャーと呼よぶことがある。

  In Okinawa, people from the mainland are sometimes called naichaa.

• 彼かれはナイチャーだけど、沖おき縄なわの文ぶん化かをよく知しっている。

  He's a mainlander, but he knows Okinawan culture well.