牧ぼく民みん

noun

governing the people; ruling the populace

A formal, somewhat literary term for governing or shepherding the people, often with a benevolent or paternalistic nuance. Rare in everyday conversation; more common in political or historical contexts.

• 牧ぼく民みんの道みちは、民たみの声こえを聞きくことから始はじまる。

  The way of governing the people begins with listening to their voices.

• 彼かれは牧ぼく民みんの才さいに長たけた指し導どう者しゃだった。

  He was a leader gifted in the art of governing the people.