渡来とらい人じん

Japanese

Kanji in this term
渡わたり	来き	人ひと
と Grade: S	らい Grade: 2	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
渡來とらい人じん (kyūjitai)

Etymology

渡来とらい (“crossing into a country from overseas”) +‎ 人ひと (“person”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞ɾa̠iʑĩɴ]

Noun

渡わたり(と)来き(らい)人ひと(じん) • (toraijin) 

1. a foreigner who crossed the sea into another country; typically into Japan
2. (history of Japan) foreigners who crossed the sea from China and Korea to Japan in between Kofun period (古ふる(こ)墳ふん(ふん)時とき(じ)代だい(だい) (Kofun jidai)) and Nara period (奈(な)良りょう(ら)時とき(じ)代だい(だい) (Nara jidai))