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Ainuness
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English
Etymology
From en Ainu ness.
Noun
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The quality of being Ainu.
en 2008 Kate Barclay A Japanese Joint Venture in the Pacific 46 According to Japanese stereotypes, for the Ainu to become fully part of the Japanese nation they had to modernize, which was defined as losing their Ainuness and becoming Japanese.