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渡来人: people from overseas, especially from China and Korea, who settled in early Japan and introduced Continental culture to the Japanese

渡来人とらいじん toraijin

people from overseas, especially from China and Korea, who settled in early Japan and introduced Continental culture to the Japanese
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These people are called toraijin, or immigrants.

The Jōmon people and the immigrants gradually mixed together and built a new way of life.

From the lesson 縄文時代の終わりと弥生時代

The immigrants are said to have brought rice seed, tools, and the way of making paddy fields to Japan.

From the lesson 稲作のはじまり

The immigrants are said to have brought skills such as rice farming, metalwork, new pottery, and weaving.

From the lesson 渡来人と弥生人

The immigrants did not replace the Jōmon people who had lived there all along right away.

From the lesson 渡来人と弥生人

The Jōmon people and the immigrants are thought to have mixed together over a long time.

From the lesson 渡来人と弥生人

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