村八分

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Chinese

village eight
to divide; minute; (a measure word)
to divide; minute; (a measure word); (a unit of leng)
 
trad. (村八分)
simp. #(村八分)
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Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese (むら)(はち)() (murahachibu).

Pronunciation


Noun

村八分

  1. murahachibu (a type of extra-judicial social exclusion practiced in Japan where a villager disturbing the peace of a village is shunned by the rest of them; ostracism)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
むら
Grade: 1
はち
Grade: 1

Grade: 2
kun'yomi on'yomi
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Pronunciation

Noun

(むら)(はち)() (murahachibu

  1. ostracism; a type of extra-judicial social exclusion practiced in Japan where a villager disturbing the peace of a village is shunned by the rest of them

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN