みんな

also: みな

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ん

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 200

Meanings

1

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.

2

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.

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%

Kanji

皆all, everything

Similar words

全ぜん員いん
More formal and explicitly means 'all members'; みんな is casual and inclusive.
全ぜん部ぶ
Means 'all' or 'everything' for objects; みんな can also mean 'everything' but is more colloquial and person-oriented.

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.