人にん足そくにんそくFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000Meanings1nounlaborer; carrier; coolieHistorical term for a manual laborer or porter, especially in pre-modern Japan. The gloss 'coolie' can be offensive in modern English; prefer 'laborer' or 'porter'.江え戸ど時じ代だいには、人にん足そくが荷に物もつを運はこんでいた。In the Edo period, laborers carried goods.