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居留地

居留地

Japanese

Kanji in this term
きょ
Grade: 5
りゅう
Grade: 5

Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

居留地 (hiragana きょりゅうち, romaji kyoryūchi)

  1. a settlement, a concession, a place of residence for foreigners
    In Japanese history, this term was used for the Dutch concession in Nagasaki, for example. The legal constriction of only allowing foreigners to reside in official kyoryūchi was abolished in 1899.
  2. a reservation (tract of land), as for Native Americans

References

  1. 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9