大衆 (taishuu) Japanese meaning: general public

大衆 (taishuu) Japanese meaning: general public | Kotomora

Kanji

民みん衆しゅうN1
大衆 is a neutral, sociological term for the general public, while 民衆 carries a more political or revolutionary tone emphasizing the common people as a social force.
庶しょ民みんN2
大衆 refers to the masses as an impersonal collective, whereas 庶民 evokes ordinary, everyday people in contrast to the wealthy or noble.
公こう衆しゅうN2
大衆 emphasizes the masses as a sociological or cultural group, while 公衆 focuses on people as members of the public in shared spaces, as in 公衆道徳 or 公衆電話.
草くさの根ね
大衆 refers to the masses or general public often in a cultural or consumer sense, while 草の根 emphasizes active, local, bottom-up participation, especially in political or organizational contexts.

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群ぐん衆しゅうN1
群衆 refers to a physically gathered crowd in one place, while 大衆 refers more abstractly to the general public or masses in society.
一いっ般ぱん人じん
大衆 describes the general public as a collective mass (often in social or media contexts), while 一般人 usually refers to a single ordinary individual.
人じん民みんN1
大衆 refers to the general public or masses in a social or cultural sense, while 人民 carries a political or ideological weight, as in socialist rhetoric.

エリートN1
大衆 refers to ordinary people as a whole, while エリート denotes a small, privileged or highly capable class often contrasted with them.

群ぐん衆しゅうN1
大衆 is an abstract term for the general public as a social category, whereas 群衆 refers to a physical crowd of people gathered in one place.

From Middle Chinese 大衆 (dà zhòng, 'multitude, the masses'). The Japanese reading たいしゅう is the on'yomi of the kanji.