部ぶ落らく

noun

hamlet; small community; subunit of a village

Refers to a small settlement or a distinct subsection of a village, often in rural contexts. The term is sensitive and can carry historical connotations; in modern neutral usage, it is mainly a geographical or administrative term.

• 山さん間かんの小ちいさな部ぶ落らくに住すんでいる。

  I live in a small hamlet in the mountains.

• この地ち域いきにはいくつかの部ぶ落らくが点てん在ざいしている。

  Several small communities are scattered across this area.

noun

burakumin area; historically discriminated community

Historically refers to areas where burakumin (outcaste communities) lived. This usage is highly sensitive and often avoided in polite conversation; when necessary, euphemisms like 同和地区 are sometimes used. The term itself is not inherently derogatory but carries heavy historical weight.

• 部ぶ落らく差さ別べつは今いまも社しゃ会かい問もん題だいとして残のこっている。

  Discrimination against burakumin areas remains a social issue today.

• 彼かれは部ぶ落らく出しゅっ身しんであることを隠かくさずに生いきている。

  He lives openly without hiding that he is from a burakumin community.