渡来人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
渡	来	人
と Grade: S	らい Grade: 2	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
渡來人 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

渡来 (“crossing into a country from overseas”) +‎ 人 (“person”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞ɾa̠iʑĩɴ]

Noun

渡(と)来(らい)人(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(こ)墳(ふん)時(じ)代(だい) (Kofun jidai)) and Nara period (奈(な)良(ら)時(じ)代(だい) (Nara jidai))