渡来人

Reading

Kana: とらいじん
Romaji: toraijin
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

people from overseas, especially from China and Korea, who settled in early Japan and introduced Continental culture to the Japanese

Kanji

Readings: ト、 わた.る、 -わた.る、 わた.す
Meanings: transit, ford, ferry, cross, import, deliver, diameter, migrate
Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ
Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person