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Meaning of 先住民 in Japanese
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先住民
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Kana Readingせんじゅうみん
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Romajisenjūmin
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
- Meaning
- former inhabitant; indigenous people; aborigines
- Example sentence
- アメリカ先住民の祖先は、ベーリング海峡を経由してアジアから大陸へ渡った。 The ancestors of Native Americans went to the continent from Asia by way of the Bering Strait.
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Examples of 先住民, せんじゅうみん in a sentence
Kanji in this word
住
JLPT 4
7 strokes
dwell, reside, live, inhabit
On'Yomi: ジュウ, ヂュウ, チュウ
Kun'Yomi: す.む, す.まう, -ず.まい
先
JLPT 5
6 strokes
before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
On'Yomi: セン
Kun'Yomi: さき, ま.ず