部落民
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Meanings
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sensitive
Refers to modern-day descendants of Japan's historical outcast groups (eta/hinin). The term is sensitive and often avoided in polite conversation; 被差別部落民 is a more formal alternative.
See also: 被差別部落民
Discrimination against burakumin remains a social issue even today.
He has lived hiding the fact that he is of burakumin origin.