帝てい国こく臣しん民みん

noun

imperial subject

Historical term for a subject of the Empire of Japan, used in legal and political contexts before 1947.

• 戦せん前ぜんの日本にほんでは、人ひと々びとは帝てい国こく臣しん民みんとされていた。

  In prewar Japan, people were considered imperial subjects.