Wiktionary

Ainuness

English edit

Etymology edit

Ainu +‎ -ness

Noun edit

Ainuness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being Ainu.
    • 2008, Kate Barclay, A Japanese Joint Venture in the Pacific, page 46:
      According to Japanese stereotypes, for the Ainu to become fully part of the Japanese nation they had to modernize, which was defined as losing their Ainuness and becoming Japanese.
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