同どう和わ

noun

social integration; assimilation

Abbreviation of 同胞融和. Historically refers to policies and movements aimed at integrating burakumin communities into mainstream society. Often used in compound terms like 同和地区, 同和教育.

See also: 同胞融和

• 同どう和わ教きょう育いくは、差さ別べつをなくすための取とり組くみの一ひとつです。

  Dowa education is one of the efforts to eliminate discrimination.

• この地ち域いきには同どう和わ地ち区くが点てん在ざいしている。

  Dowa districts are scattered throughout this region.

noun

burakumin

Colloquial, often euphemistic reference to burakumin people or communities. Can be considered insensitive or outdated; 被差別部落出身者 is a more neutral modern term.

• 彼かれは同どう和わだという噂うわさが流ながれたが、全まったくのデマだった。

  A rumor spread that he was burakumin, but it was completely false.