Ainu
a member of an aboriginal population of northernmost Japan.
the language of the Ainu.
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How to use Ainu in a sentence
The Ainu are the hairiest of races, and there is nothing which they consider so beautiful as hair.
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 (of 6) | Havelock EllisOn this island the aborigines of Japan, called Ainu, now live.
The Gist of Japan | R. B. PeeryThe only skull found in these heaps is dolichocephalic and reminds one of the Ainu skull.
The Races of Man | Joseph DenikerThese people—the Ainu—are usually spoken of as the aborigines of Japan.
They are not shy, and they have dropped the formalities and grand salutations of other Ainu.
Alone with the Hairy Ainu | A. H. Savage Landor
British Dictionary definitions for Ainu
/ (ˈaɪnuː) /
plural -nus or -nu a member of the aboriginal people of Japan, now mostly intermixed with Mongoloid immigrants whose skin colour is more yellowish
the language of this people, sometimes tentatively associated with Altaic, still spoken in parts of Hokkaido and elsewhere
Origin of Ainu
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