黒人|こくじんkokujin[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounblack person
   マーテイン・ルーサー・キング・ジュニアは、黒人こくじん牧師ぼくしを父ちちとして生うまれた。↗

   Martin Luther King, Jr., was the son of a black minister.
2. nounwoman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes

• SynonymニグロWrittenA written-style loanword once used for black people; now regarded as discriminatory and should not be used. Say 「黒人」 instead.
• RelatedネグロイドWrittenA written loanword for the black race; an old anthropological classification term that is no longer used.
• Related黒奴こくどWrittenA written, historical term for a black slave; it stresses slave status and counts as discriminatory old usage.
• RelatedくろんぼCasualColloquial slang for a black person or someone tanned dark; openly derogatory, so avoid it.
• Antonym白人はくじんNeutralThe neutral word for a white person, as in 「白人社会」; it stands directly opposite to 「黒人」.

Use 「黒人」 as the general, neutral term, as in 「黒人音楽」. Avoid 「ニグロ」 and 「黒んぼ」, which are discriminatory; 「ネグロイド」 is an obsolete racial label; 「黒奴」 is an old discriminatory word for slaves. For white people, say 「白人」.

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1. 肌はだの色いろが黒色くろいろ･黒褐色こっかっしょく･茶褐色ちゃかっしょくの人種じんしゅに属ぞくすると歴史的れきしてき・社会的しゃかいてきにみなされている人ひと。一部いちぶでは差別語さべつごとされ、他たの表現ひょうげんが好このまれることもある。