貧ひん民みん

noun

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.

• その政せい策さくは貧ひん民みんの生せい活かつを改かい善ぜんすることを目め指ざしている。

  The policy aims to improve the lives of the poor.

• 19世せい紀きのロンドンには多おおくの貧ひん民みんが住すんでいた。

  In 19th-century London, many poor people lived.