本ほん土ど人じん

noun

mainlander; person from the mainland

Refers to someone from the main islands of Japan, often used in contrast to people from Okinawa or Hokkaido. Neutral term, but context may imply a distinction from local populations.

• 沖おき縄なわの人ひとにとって、本ほん土ど人じんは少すこし違ちがう文ぶん化かを持もっているように見みえることがある。

  To people in Okinawa, mainlanders can sometimes seem to have a slightly different culture.

• 彼かれは本ほん土ど人じんだが、北ほっ海かい道どうの生せい活かつにすっかり慣なれた。

  He is a mainlander, but he has completely gotten used to life in Hokkaido.