国こく民みん

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

Refers to the people of a country as a collective, often in political, legal, or social contexts. Can also mean a citizen or national of a country.

Democratic Party for the People

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 国民民主党 (Democratic Party for the People), a Japanese political party. Used mainly in news headlines and political contexts.

〈国くに〉の国こく民みんthe citizens/nationals of a country
日本にほんの国こく民みんは選せん挙きょで代だい表ひょう者しゃを選えらぶ。
The citizens of Japan choose their representatives through elections.
国こく民みんの権けん利りthe rights of the people/citizens
憲けん法ぽうは国こく民みんの権けん利りを保ほ障しょうしている。
The constitution guarantees the rights of the citizens.
国こく民みんに義ぎ務むがあるthe citizens have an obligation/duty
国こく民みんには税ぜい金きんを納おさめる義ぎ務むがある。
Citizens have a duty to pay taxes.
国こく民みんを代だい表ひょうするto represent the people/nation
議ぎ員いんは国こく民みんを代だい表ひょうして発はつ言げんした。
The lawmaker spoke on behalf of the people.
国こく民みんの声こえを聞きくto listen to the voice of the people
政せい府ふは国こく民みんの声こえを聞きくべきだ。
The government should listen to the voice of the people.

人じん民みんN1sense 1
人民 is a formal, often ideological term for 'the people' used in political theory or socialist contexts, while 国民 is the everyday word for the people of a nation-state.
市し民みんN4sense 1
市民 refers to citizens of a city or members of civil society, whereas 国民 refers specifically to nationals of a country.
民みん衆しゅうN1sense 1
民衆 emphasizes the common people or masses as opposed to elites, while 国民 is the neutral legal/political term for a nation's people.
民たみ
国民 is the standard modern word for the citizens of a nation, while 民 is more literary or historical in tone.

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民みん族ぞくN1
国民 refers to the citizens of a nation-state in a political/civic sense, while 民族 emphasizes a group's shared ethnicity, culture, or ancestry regardless of national borders.
公こう民みん
国民 refers to the people of a nation as a cultural or national whole, while 公民 stresses legal citizenship with civic rights and duties.
国こく人じん
国民 is the modern, standard word for a citizen or national, while 国人 is an older or regional term for an inhabitant of a country, now largely historical.
日本にほん国こく民みん
国民 means 'citizen' or 'the people of a nation' in general, while 日本国民 specifically names the citizens of Japan.
住じゅう民みんN3
国民 refers to nationals or citizens of a country, whereas 住民 includes anyone residing in a locality, even foreigners.
区く民みん
区民 is a small-scale administrative term for ward residents, while 国民 refers to citizens of an entire country.
県けん民みん
国民 means citizen of a whole country, while 県民 refers only to residents of a single prefecture.

外がい国こく人じんN5sense 1
外国人 means a foreigner or non-national, the direct opposite of 国民, which means a citizen or national of the country in question.

人にん sense 1
国民 as individual people is typically counted with 人, e.g. 一億二千万人の国民.

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Compound of 国 (country) and 民 (people). The word has been used since the Meiji era to translate Western concepts of 'nation' and 'citizen'.