庶しょ民みん

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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

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.