隼人はやと

noun

Hayato; ancient ethnic group in Kyūshū

Historical term for a people who lived in southern Kyūshū and resisted Yamato rule in ancient times.

See also: 大和

• 隼人はやとは古こ代だい、大和やまと政せい権けんに抵てい抗こうした九きゅう州しゅうの民みん族ぞくだ。

  The Hayato were an ethnic group in Kyūshū that resisted the Yamato state in ancient times.

noun

man from Kagoshima

Only with reading はやと

Modern colloquial term for a man from Kagoshima Prefecture, often with a rough or spirited image. Restricted to the reading はやと.

• あの隼人はやとは酒さけに強つよい。

  That man from Kagoshima can hold his liquor.