人擬き

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
人 擬
ひと
Grade: 1 		もど
Grade: S
kun'yomi
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Etymology

From 人 (hito, “person”) +‎ 擬き (modoki, “imitation”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 擬(もど)く (modoku, “to imitate, to copy”).).

Pronunciation

Noun

人(ひと)擬(もど)き • (hitomodoki) 

  1. (derogatory) subhuman, pseudo-human
    奴隷貿易(どれいぼうえき)の時代(じだい)に黒人(こくじん)は人擬(ひともど)き扱(あつか)いされた。
    Dorei bōeki no jidai ni kokujin wa hitomodoki atsukai sareta.
    In the age of the slave trade, black people were treated like subhumans.
    妻(つま)にいつもわしが人擬(ひともど)きみたいな扱(あつか)いされてうんざりじゃけん。
    Tsuma ni itsumo washi ga hitomodoki mitai na atsukai sarete unzari jaken.
    I'm tired of getting treated like a subhuman by my wife.
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