鮮人

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
鮮 人
せん
Grade: S 		じん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Shortening of 朝鮮人 (chōsenjin, “Korean person”).

Pronunciation

Noun

鮮(せん)人(じん) • (senjin) 

  1. (dated, colloquial) Korean (person)
    鮮人(センジン)ニ対(タイ)スル迫害(ハクガイ)ニ関(カン)シ告諭(コクユ)ノ件(クダリ)
    senjin ni taisuru hakugai ni kanshi kokuyu no kudari
    Statement on the persecution of Koreans (1923, issued by the second Yamamoto cabinet)
    • 1930, Taneda Santōka, 行乞記 [Gyōkotsuki]:
      鮮人(せんじん)はダラシがないことは日本人同様(にほんじんどうよう)、ツケアガルことは日本人以上(にほんじんいじょう)、支那人(しなじん)は金貯(かねた)め人種(じんしゅ)だ、行商人(ぎょうしょうにん)の中(なか)で酒(さけ)でも飲(の)んでゐる支那人(しなじん)をみたことがない。
      Senjin wa darashi ga nai koto wa nihonjin dōyō, tsukeagaru koto wa nihonjin ijō, shinajin wa kanetame jinshu da, gyōshōnin no naka de sake demo nondeiru shinajin o mita koto ga nai.
      The Koreans are similar to the Japanese in their festiveness, and tend to get carried away even easier than us, but the Chinese are a stingy race. I have never seen a Chinese man drinking among pedlars.

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