also: りじん
villager; village folk; countryfolk
Refers to people who live in a village or rural community; can carry a rustic or traditional nuance depending on context.
This festival has been passed down by the villagers for generations.
The village folk are working in the rice fields from early morning.
Standard kanji spelling for the common reading さとびと.
Rare on'yomi reading; mostly encountered in older or literary contexts.
Compound of 里 (sato, 'village') and 人 (hito, 'person'), with rendaku voicing of ひと to びと. The on'yomi reading りじん is a Sino-Japanese compound of the same characters.