部落

Reading

Kana: ぶらく

Romaji: buraku

Definitions

noun

1

hamlet; subunit of village

Note: sensitive

2

burakumin area

Kanji

部

Readings: ブ、 -べ

Meanings: section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine

落

Readings: ラク、 お.ちる、 お.ち、 お.とす

Meanings: fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet

Example Sentence

移住者(いじゅうしゃ)の部落(ぶらく)が野蛮人(やばんじん)によって征服(せいふく)され、移住者(いじゅうしゃ)の希望(きぼう)も生活(せいかつ)も土壇場(どたんば)にきた時(とき)、長(なが)い歳月(さいげつ)をかけての不幸(ふこう)とのたたかいに終止符(しゅうしふ)がうたれた。

➥Years of resistance to misfortune ended when the settlers' village was overcome by the savages and their hopes and lives came to the bitter end.