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单词 Ainu
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Definition of Ainu in English:

Ainu

nounPlural Ainus ˈeɪnuːˈīno͞o
  • 1A member of an aboriginal people of northern Japan, physically distinct (with light skin colour and round eyes) from the majority population.

    阿依努人(日本北部土著人,体格异于大部分日本人,肤色浅,圆眼睛)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are also two indigenous minority groups in Japan, the Ainu and the Burakumin.
    • The event is a fundraiser for Southern Cross University students, who are trying to raise funds for an intercultural exchange with the Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan.
    • He will also visit with the Ainu, indigenous people in northern Japan.
    • In the nineteenth century, the Ainu were displaced from the island of Hokkaido when the majority Japanese settled there.
    • Other linguistic minorities include the Korean-Japanese and the Ainu.
    • Until 400 years ago, the Ainu controlled Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's four main islands.
    • But it's just kind of interesting that the Ainu, who are the original inhabitants of Japan, once spoke of there being seven stars in the sky, The Seven Sisters.
    • Its a recreated Ainu village, quite beautiful, but the mention of colonisation is glancing if mentioned, and Ainu are talked about in the past tense all the way through the museum.
    • However, the author fails to mention whether the Japanese brought Buddhism or Confucianism to the Ainu.
    • Here Japanese objects were presented alongside those of the Ainu, an indigenous community in northern Japan of distinctly non-Japanese linguistic and ethnic identity.
    • The earliest settlers according to archaeologists were a tribal people, the Ainu.
    • The Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan, are largely based in Hokkaido.
  • 2mass noun The language of the Ainu people, perhaps related to Altaic. It is no longer in everyday use.

    阿依努语(可能与阿尔泰语有关,现已不使用)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Few people now speak Ainu as their primary language.
    • He wanted to study Ainu there and rented a Japanese house and lived with an Ainu from Sakhalin to learn Ainu.
    • On Hokkaido Island in Japan, only eight elderly people were left that spoke the native tongue, Ainu, in the late 1980s.
    • There are only a handful of native speakers of Ainu.
    • Through wide-ranging schooling, generations of Ainu children grew up without the ability to speak Ainu anymore.
adjective ˈeɪnuːˈīno͞o
  • Relating to the Ainu or their language.

    (与)阿依努人(有关)的;(与)阿依努语(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Archaeologists believe that the early settlers of Japan, the Ainu people, used facial tattoos.
    • It was run by a member of the Ainu women's association of Hokkaido.
    • Though other teachers had to fill him in on how many Hokkaido place names were Ainu names so he may not be the best source.
    • Part of the solution was to promote trade for food with the Ainu people on the northern island of Hokkaido (thus shifting some potential problems of resource depletion outside what was then Japan proper).
    • She spoke no Japanese, so he spoke Ainu words first, and grew up fluent in that dying language.
    • He wants to learn about the Ainu minority.
    • The spirit-sending festival, called i-omante, either for a bear or striped owl, was the most important Ainu festival.
    • Kamui-Chikap, in Ainu mythology, is the ‘God Bird’ who watches the people of the Earth from the branches of the tallest trees.
    • This exhibition includes Ainu art which attracted great interest recently when exhibited in Europe.
    • The hero, Otsam-Un-Kur, has been raised by his two beautiful sisters, who represent all that is valued in Ainu women.

Origin

The name in Ainu, literally 'man, person'.

Definition of Ainu in US English:

Ainu

nounˈīno͞o
  • 1A member of an aboriginal people of Japan, physically distinct (with light skin color and round eyes) from the majority population.

    阿依努人(日本北部土著人,体格异于大部分日本人,肤色浅,圆眼睛)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But it's just kind of interesting that the Ainu, who are the original inhabitants of Japan, once spoke of there being seven stars in the sky, The Seven Sisters.
    • In the nineteenth century, the Ainu were displaced from the island of Hokkaido when the majority Japanese settled there.
    • Here Japanese objects were presented alongside those of the Ainu, an indigenous community in northern Japan of distinctly non-Japanese linguistic and ethnic identity.
    • The earliest settlers according to archaeologists were a tribal people, the Ainu.
    • The Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan, are largely based in Hokkaido.
    • Until 400 years ago, the Ainu controlled Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's four main islands.
    • However, the author fails to mention whether the Japanese brought Buddhism or Confucianism to the Ainu.
    • He will also visit with the Ainu, indigenous people in northern Japan.
    • Other linguistic minorities include the Korean-Japanese and the Ainu.
    • The event is a fundraiser for Southern Cross University students, who are trying to raise funds for an intercultural exchange with the Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan.
    • There are also two indigenous minority groups in Japan, the Ainu and the Burakumin.
    • Its a recreated Ainu village, quite beautiful, but the mention of colonisation is glancing if mentioned, and Ainu are talked about in the past tense all the way through the museum.
  • 2The language of the Ainu people, of unknown affinity.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He wanted to study Ainu there and rented a Japanese house and lived with an Ainu from Sakhalin to learn Ainu.
    • Few people now speak Ainu as their primary language.
    • There are only a handful of native speakers of Ainu.
    • On Hokkaido Island in Japan, only eight elderly people were left that spoke the native tongue, Ainu, in the late 1980s.
    • Through wide-ranging schooling, generations of Ainu children grew up without the ability to speak Ainu anymore.
adjectiveˈīno͞o
  • Relating to the Ainu or their language.

    (与)阿依努人(有关)的;(与)阿依努语(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Archaeologists believe that the early settlers of Japan, the Ainu people, used facial tattoos.
    • It was run by a member of the Ainu women's association of Hokkaido.
    • Though other teachers had to fill him in on how many Hokkaido place names were Ainu names so he may not be the best source.
    • He wants to learn about the Ainu minority.
    • This exhibition includes Ainu art which attracted great interest recently when exhibited in Europe.
    • She spoke no Japanese, so he spoke Ainu words first, and grew up fluent in that dying language.
    • Kamui-Chikap, in Ainu mythology, is the ‘God Bird’ who watches the people of the Earth from the branches of the tallest trees.
    • Part of the solution was to promote trade for food with the Ainu people on the northern island of Hokkaido (thus shifting some potential problems of resource depletion outside what was then Japan proper).
    • The hero, Otsam-Un-Kur, has been raised by his two beautiful sisters, who represent all that is valued in Ainu women.
    • The spirit-sending festival, called i-omante, either for a bear or striped owl, was the most important Ainu festival.

Origin

The name in Ainu, literally ‘man, person’.

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