Lexical entry
カラード
karaado
A term for a colored person or for Coloureds, especially the South African ethnic group.
People & Social LifePure GairaigoSource uncertain
Meaning
The word can refer to a colored person in older usage, and also to Coloureds, the South African ethnic group. The sense is socially sensitive and often historical.
- older racial descriptor
- ethnic-group sense in South Africa
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Evidence and Provenance
- Data source
- JMdict_english
- Revision
- JMdict.2026-04-17
- Review flags
- ambiguous-sense, localization-needs-review
- Active language
- English