民みん人じんMeanings1nounthe people; the publicRare, formal, or literary term for the common people or the general public. In modern Japanese, 人民 or 民衆 are far more common.古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは「民みん人じん」が一いっ般ぱんの人ひと々びとを指さすことがある。In old documents, 民人 can refer to the common people.