Word: mura
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...people of Ueno felt that dishonor had fallen on the village, but that May Moon, not they, had caused it. The cold silence of mura-hachibu enveloped the family, a severe form of ostracism in which no one will speak to the victims or aid them except in case of fire or funeral. No one would lend Ichiro tools and he could get no work. But he did not blame his daughter, and she did not blame the villagers. "The chiefs had told them that the village should cast many votes and would not be dishonored," said May Moon. "This...