poor people; the poor
Refers to people living in poverty, often used in social, economic, or historical contexts. Slightly formal; in casual speech 貧しい人々 is more common.
The policy aims to improve the lives of the poor.
In 19th-century London, many poor people lived.
貧民 is an older, more emotive word for poor people, while 貧困層 is the neutral, statistical term used in policy and academic contexts.
daihinmin; daifugō; Japanese card game similar to President
slum; poor quarter
slum; poor district
Compound of 貧 (hin, 'poor') and 民 (min, 'people'). The kanji combination directly conveys 'poor people' and has been used in Japanese since at least the Meiji era in social and political discourse.