romusha

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A forced laborer, especially those made to work in the Dutch East Indies under Japanese occupation during the Second World War.
    — Javanese workers were known as romushas (the Japanese translation for the colonial term ‘coolie’) and put to work on Java, its neighbouring islands and across Southeast Asia.

词形变化

romusha plural romushas plural rōmusha alternative

词源

From Japanese 労務者 (rōmusha, “laborer; forced laborer”). Compare Indonesian romusa.
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