みんな

also: みな

み

ん

な

Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 200

Meanings

noun, pronoun, adverb

everyone; everybody; all (people)

usually written using kana alone

Refers to all people in a group. みんな is casual and emphatic; みな is more formal. Often used as a pronoun or adverbially.

みんな、集あつまってください。
Everyone, please gather around.
みんなで映えい画がを見みに行いった。
We all went to see a movie together.

noun, adverb

everything; all (things)

usually written using kana alone

Refers to all things or the whole of something. Less common than the 'everyone' sense; often replaced by 全部 or すべて in modern speech.

みんな終おわったよ。
Everything is finished.
お菓か子しをみんな食たべてしまった。
I ate all the snacks.

See all 2,116 example sentences ›

Usage patterns

みんなで〈動どう詞し〉to do something together, all as a group
明日あしたみんなで公こう園えんに行いこう。
Let's all go to the park together tomorrow.
〈物もの〉をみんな〈動どう詞し〉to use up or finish all of something
ケーキをみんな食たべてしまった。
I ended up eating the whole cake.
みんなに〈物もの〉をあげるto give something to everyone
お土産みやげをみんなにあげた。
I gave souvenirs to everyone.
みんなが〈動どう詞し〉everyone (all people) does something
その意い見けんにみんなが賛さん成せいした。
Everyone agreed with that opinion.

Kanji

皆all, everything

Related words· 13

全ぜん員いんN3sense 1
全員 formally means 'all members present' and suits official contexts, while みんな is casual and can include the speaker naturally in everyday talk.
全ぜん部ぶN5sense 2
全部 is used mainly for objects or amounts ('all of it'), whereas みんな can refer to either people or things but leans toward people.
全すべてN3sense 2
すべて is a more literary, formal way to say 'everything/all', while みんな is the everyday spoken word.
老ろう若にゃく男なん女にょN1
老若男女 is a formal yojijukugo meaning 'people of every age and gender', while 皆 is the plain, everyday word for 'everyone'.

Show 9 more

万ばん人にんN1
皆 is a casual, everyday word for 'everyone', while 万人 is formal and literary, often appearing in set phrases.
皆みなさんN5
皆さん is the polite way to address or refer to a group of people, while 皆 is the plain form used casually among friends or in writing.
誰だれも
みんな is a casual, everyday word for 'everyone,' while 誰も is more pronoun-like and is essential in the negative pattern 誰も〜ない meaning 'no one.'
君きみたち
みんな is a casual, gender-neutral way to address a group that doesn't carry the male-leaning tone of 君たち.
人ひと々びとN1
皆 stresses 'everyone as a whole group,' whereas 人々 describes a collection of individual people.
一いち同どうN1
皆 is a general, friendly way to say 'everyone,' while 一同 stresses a defined group acting together and sounds more formal.
皆みな様さまN1
皆 is a plain, casual word for 'everyone' used among friends or in informal writing, whereas 皆様 is reserved for formal, respectful address.
こぞって
みんな simply means 'everyone' or 'all', while こぞって emphasizes the collective, unified action of a group.
ことごとくN1
みんな is a casual word for 'everyone' or 'all' and is often used for people, while ことごとく is formal and emphatic and normally does not refer to people.

Politeness

皆みなさんpolite 丁寧語N5sense 1
皆さん is the polite form used to directly address a group ('everyone, listen'), while みんな is the plain, casual pronoun used in general reference.
皆みな様さまhonorific 尊敬語N1sense 1
皆様 is a very formal, honorific way to address a group, while みんな is the plain, casual equivalent used among friends or family.

Word family· 7

皆みなさんN5
everyone; all of you; ladies and gentlemen
皆みな様さまN1
everyone; all of you
皆みな殺ごろし
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
皆みな々みな
all; everyone; everybody · everything
皆みなの者もの
everybody; all of you

Show 2 more

皆みなの衆しゅう
everybody; all of you
みなまで
to the end; entirely; in full

Written forms

みんなUsage41%
Common kana spelling; less formal and more emphatic than みな. Usually written in kana.
皆Usage40%
- みな
  Kanji spelling, more formal and often read as みな. Can also be read みんな in casual contexts.
- みんな
みなUsage19%
Slightly more formal kana spelling; also used in set phrases.
皆んなUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
- みんな
  Search-only kanji form; not standard in modern writing.
- みな
ミンナUsage<1%

Etymology

Derived from 皆 (みな), with the emphatic geminate form みんな developing in colloquial speech. The kanji 皆 is a phono-semantic compound, but the exact historical derivation of the reading is uncertain.