臣しん民みん

noun

subject; national; citizen

Formal or literary term for a person under the rule of a monarch or state, especially in historical contexts. In modern usage, 国民 is more common for 'citizen'.

• 明めい治じ憲けん法ぽう下かでは、国こく民みんは天皇てんのうの臣しん民みんとされた。

  Under the Meiji Constitution, the people were considered subjects of the Emperor.

• 彼かれは忠ちゅう実じつな臣しん民みんとして国くにに尽つくした。

  He served the country as a loyal subject.