庶しょ民みん

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

common people; ordinary people; the masses

Refers to the general populace as distinct from the elite, nobility, or ruling class. Often used in historical, social, or economic contexts.

江え戸ど時じ代だい、庶しょ民みんは質しっ素そな生せい活かつを送おくっていた。
During the Edo period, common people led simple lives.
この政せい策さくは庶しょ民みんの生せい活かつを大おおきく変かえた。
This policy greatly changed the lives of ordinary people.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉は庶しょ民みんに人にん気きがあるX is popular with ordinary people
この安やすい定てい食しょくは庶しょ民みんに人にん気きがある。
This cheap set meal is popular with ordinary people.
庶しょ民みんの生せい活かつを守まもるto protect the livelihoods of ordinary people
政せい府ふは庶しょ民みんの生せい活かつを守まもる政せい策さくを進すすめた。
The government promoted policies to protect the livelihoods of ordinary people.
庶しょ民みんの声こえを聞きくto listen to the voice of the common people
議ぎ員いんはもっと庶しょ民みんの声こえを聞きくべきだ。
Lawmakers should listen more to the voice of the common people.

Kanji

庶commoner, all, bastard
民people, nation, subjects

Related words· 6

平へい民みん
平民 is a formal or historical legal term for 'commoner' (as opposed to nobility), while 庶民 is the everyday word for ordinary people in general.
大たい衆しゅうN1
大衆 emphasizes 'the masses' in a modern, media or commercial sense (e.g. 大衆文化), while 庶民 focuses on ordinary people's everyday, non-elite lives.
民みん衆しゅうN1
民衆 stresses the people as a political or social force (e.g. in a revolution), whereas 庶民 simply means ordinary folks in daily life.
徒人ただびと
庶民 refers to the common people as a social class, while 徒人 emphasizes a single individual's lack of title or rank.

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百ひゃく姓しょうN1
庶民 is the standard word for 'the common people' in modern Japanese, while 百姓 used in this sense is archaic and largely obsolete.
民たみ
庶民 specifically means ordinary, common people as opposed to the elite, while 民 is a more general and literary term for the populace.

Opposites

貴き族ぞくN2
貴族 means the nobility or aristocracy, the social class contrasted with 庶民, the common people.
エリートN1
エリート refers to the elite or privileged class, standing in contrast to 庶民, the ordinary masses.
王おう侯こう
庶民 refers to ordinary common people, standing in contrast to 王侯, the kings and high nobility.
王おう族ぞく
庶民 means ordinary common people, the opposite of 王族, the privileged members of a royal family.

Don't confuse with

住じゅう民みんN3
住民 means 'resident (of an area)' and is unrelated to social class, unlike 庶民 which means 'common people' as opposed to the elite; learners confuse them due to the shared 民 and similar sound.

Word family· 8

庶しょ民みん劇げき
drama of ordinary people; common people's theatre
庶しょ民みん性せい
commonness; the common touch
庶しょ民みん的てき
popular; folksy; unpretentious; plebeian
一いっ般ぱん庶しょ民みん
ordinary people; common folk; the general public
庶しょ民みん感かん覚かく
sensibilities of the common people; popular sentiment; common touch

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庶しょ民みん金きん庫こ
people's bank
庶しょ民みん金きん融ゆう
loans for low-income people; microfinance
庶しょ民みん銀ぎん行こう
pawnshop

Etymology

Compound of 庶 (many, common) and 民 (people). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning 'common people'.