内ない地ち人じん

noun

mainland Japanese; people from Honshu

Used by people in Hokkaido and Okinawa to refer to Japanese from the main islands, especially Honshu. Carries a regional perspective.

• 北ほっ海かい道どうでは、内ない地ち人じんという言こと葉ばを聞きくことがある。

  In Hokkaido, you sometimes hear the word 内地人.

• 沖おき縄なわの人ひとは内ない地ち人じんを「ナイチャー」と呼よぶこともある。

  People in Okinawa sometimes call mainland Japanese ナイチャー.

noun

Japanese people (colonial context)

Obsolete term used during the Empire of Japan to distinguish Japanese from the people of its colonies. Now historical.

• 戦せん前ぜんの文ぶん献けんでは、内ない地ち人じんと植しょく民みん地ちの人ひと々びとが区く別べつされていた。

  In prewar documents, a distinction was made between 内地人 and the people of the colonies.