单词	Ainu
释义	Ainu /ˈeɪnuː / noun (plural same or Ainus) 1A member of an aboriginal people of northern Japan, physically distinct (with light skin colour and round eyes) from the majority population.Until 400 years ago, the Ainu controlled Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's four main islands.... However, the author fails to mention whether the Japanese brought Buddhism or Confucianism to the Ainu. Other linguistic minorities include the Korean-Japanese and the Ainu. 2 [mass noun] The language of the Ainu people, perhaps related to Altaic. It is no longer in everyday use.Few people now speak Ainu as their primary language.... There are only a handful of native speakers of Ainu. On Hokkaido Island in Japan, only eight elderly people were left that spoke the native tongue, Ainu, in the late 1980s. adjective Relating to the Ainu or their language.This exhibition includes Ainu art which attracted great interest recently when exhibited in Europe.... Kamui-Chikap, in Ainu mythology, is the ‘God Bird’ who watches the people of the Earth from the branches of the tallest trees. The spirit-sending festival, called i-omante, either for a bear or striped owl, was the most important Ainu festival. Origin The name in Ainu, literally 'man, person'.
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