Drowning Girl - Dekijo (English spelling) ni-nu

Japanese: 溺女 - できじょ（英語表記）ni-nu

Refers to the killing of infants in China. The killing of girls is called drowning girls, and that of boys is called drowning boys. In the Song dynasty, it was also called koushi (koshi). Kou means weeding. It was common in Fujian and other central and southern regions, where poor families often drowned girls who were considered less useful than boys, and boys were also killed if there was no one to support them.

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Japanese:

中国での生児殺害，間引きをさす。女児の殺害を溺女，男児のそれを溺児という。宋代にはこう子 (こうし) ともいった。こうは除草の意。福建その他，中南部地方に多くみられ，貧家では男児に比べて将来役に立たないと考えられた女児を溺殺することが多く，男児でも養うあてのない場合は殺害された。

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