Zainichis
Zainichis is the plural of Zainichi.
Meaning of Zainichi
Noun
Zainichi (plural Zainichis or Zainichi)
- A long-term Korean resident of Japan whose ancestry dates to Korea under Japanese rule.
- Hwang is a member of the ethnic Korean community known in Japanese as the Zainichi. Their families came here when the Korean peninsula was a Japanese colony from 1910 until 1945. They number around 600,000 and have opted not to take Japanese citizenship.
Political split
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- Hwang is a member of the ethnic Korean community known in Japanese as the Zainichi. Their families came here when the Korean peninsula was a Japanese colony from 1910 until 1945. They number around 600,000 and have opted not to take Japanese citizenship.
Questions about Zainichis
- What is Zainichis the plural of?
- Zainichis is the plural of Zainichi.
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