クーリー

noun

coolie

Historical term for an unskilled laborer, especially in East Asia, often with colonial-era connotations. The word is a loan from Chinese 苦力 (kǔlì).

from Chinese kǔlì

• 19世せい紀き、多おおくのクーリーが東とう南なんアジアのプランテーションで働はたらかされた。

  In the 19th century, many coolies were forced to work on plantations in Southeast Asia.

• 「クーリー」という言こと葉ばは、現げん在ざいでは差さ別べつ的てきな響ひびきがあるため注ちゅう意いが必ひつ要ようだ。

  The word 'coolie' now has discriminatory overtones, so caution is needed.