Word Meaning 渡来人

とらいじん toraijin

渡来人 is read as とらいじん (toraijin) and means Chinese and Korean people who settled in ancient Japan and introduced culture and technology from continental Asia (4th-7th centuries CE).

Meaning

English

  1. Chinese and Korean people who settled in ancient Japan and introduced culture and technology from continental Asia (4th-7th centuries CE)

Reading

Kana

とらいじん

Romaji

toraijin

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 83547 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

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渡世人

とせいにん

gambler

渡来

とらい

visit (from abroad)

渡来神

とらいしん

deity that originated on the Asian mainland, particularly the Korean Peninsula, during the Yayoi or Kofun Periods (e.g. Ame no Hiboko)

未来人

みらいじん

man of the future

譲渡人

じょうとにん

transferor

人手に渡る

ひとでにわたる

to fall into another's hands

人馬往来

じんばおうらい

the passage of people and horses

南蛮渡来

なんばんとらい

imported to Japan by early European traders

渡す

わたす

to lay across

渡り

わたり

connection

渡る

わたる

to cross over

渡し船

わたしぶね

ferry