穢多

えた

Meanings

1. Noun eta (i.e.: group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system and whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses) (derog. when written 穢多)

Kanji

• 穢 defiled. Read as エ.
• 多 many. Read as タ.

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