Keyword
people
Info
FrequencyTop 500-600
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
?
KankenLevel 7
Heisig1976
Readings
みん
(83%)
たみ
(16%)
Mnemonic

A highly stylized letter "P", short for people.

Used in kanji (6 in total)
to sleep
trap
compassion
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Used in vocabulary (614 in total)
people; citizens; subjects; folk
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
common people; ordinary people; masses
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
commoner; plebeian
people; populace; masses
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
private house
population of a fief
farmer; peasant
ordinary citizen; the general public
private citizen; civilian
the people; citizens; the populace
emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
poor people; the poor
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level
ignorant people
subject; national
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
Liberal Democratic Party; LDP
Democratic Party (esp. DPJ or US Democratic Party); Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
pension; guesthouse; bed and breakfast; private home providing lodging for travelers (travellers)
national costume; (in) native dress
people; populace
democracy; popular sovereignty; Democratic Party (esp. DPJ)
public hall; community center; community centre
militia; militiaman
indigenous people; native people; aborigines
citizenship; civic rights; civil rights; widespread acceptance; social recognition; common use
ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large
folklore studies; folkloristics
different race; different ethnic group; different peoples
colonization; colonisation
Japanese citizen; Japanese citizens
local residents; neighbours; neighbors
certificate of residence
folk song; popular song
resident of Tokyo; citizen of Tokyo; Tokyoite
native people; aboriginal; indigenous people
all people; the whole nation
folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore
national traits or character; nationality
private enterprise; private business; private company; private firm; private-sector business; private-sector corporation
popular will; will of the people
democratization; democratisation
ethnic; racial; national
Liberal Democratic Party; LDP
civil affairs; civil case
folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs
popular sentiment
civil law; civil code
the masses; the lower classes; the common people
citizens of one's own country; fellow countrymen; compatriots
wandering people; nomadic tribe
public welfare; the people's livelihood
citizen of a prefecture; prefectural citizen
ward residents
old Japanese-style house
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (2017-); Constitutional Democratic Party (Russia, 1905-1917)
government and people; government and private sector; public and private sector
all the inhabitants
commercial broadcast
the life of the people; the people's living
unpatriotic person; traitor (to one's country)
equestrian tribe; equestrian people
civil rights
daihinmin; daifugō; Japanese card game similar to President
(article of) folk craft
good citizens; law-abiding people
national mood; national sentiment; national feeling
local referendum; poll of residents; plebiscite
citizen; freemen
the chosen people
elitism; idea of being part of a chosen people
idler; the unemployed
lowly people (esp. as a caste); humble people
all citizens; all the city's inhabitants; the whole city
Constitutional Nationalist Party (1910-1922); Guomindang (Chinese Nationalist Party); Kuomintang
Democratic Liberal Party (1948-1950)
colonization; colonisation
sense of being the chosen people
civil administration; civil government; politics focused on the promotion of public welfare
whole nation; entire nation; all the people
racial or national characteristics
municipal hospital; public hospital
democratic nation; democratic country
democracy; democratic system of government
Democratic Party (formed in 2016 from the merger of the DPJ and Ishin); Democratic Progressive Party (Taiwan)
Social Democratic Party
folk beliefs; folk religion
free people; free men
samurai and common people
civilian aircraft
the four social classes (samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants); the masses
nomadic tribe; nomadic people; nomadic race
elementary school (in Japan; 1941-1947)
privatization; privatisation
Constitutional Democratic Party (1927-1940)
Republic of China (Taiwan); ROC
poor people; the poor
democratic government
the whole nation; all the people in the land
nongovernment organization (organisation); NGO
democracy; democratic nation
city meeting hall; civic hall; community center
Chinese people; Han race
the people; the public
democratic movement; movement towards democracy
renminbi; Chinese yuan
multiracial nation; multiethnic country
cultural standard (of the people); moral standard; cultural level; standard of living
illegal immigration; illegal immigrant
People's Honour Award (honor); National Honour Award
sensibilities (feelings, way of thinking) of the common people; popular sentiment
resident of Hokkaidō; citizen of Hokkaidō
citizens' campaign; citizens' group
immigrant; emigrant; migrant
people's revolution; popular revolution
district welfare officer
national assembly (esp. France)
middle class; bourgeoisie
condition (sentiment) of the people
other nations; other peoples
national uniform (such as mandated for Japanese males in 1940)
private company; private corporation
semi-governmental; semi-official
civil action; civil suit; civil proceedings
sovereignty of the people
multiracial; multiethnic
People of God (i.e. the Israelites); the Chosen People; People of God (i.e. Christians)
abandoned people (people left to fend for themselves after a war or natural disaster)
Movement for Civic Rights and Freedom (Meiji era); Freedom and People's Rights Movement
national pension; government pension system
food universally loved by all citizens; comfort food
people belonging to a hereditary occupation group (Yamato period)
People's Commissar (in the early Soviet Union)
(Republic of) China (i.e. Taiwan)
folk craft; folk art
Völkerwanderung; great migration in Europe, 4th to 6th century CE
private residence temporarily taking lodgers
the military and civilians
private management
the poor; paupers
civil rights movement (esp. American)
colonists; emigrants
starving people
resident; residents
indigenous people; native people; natives; aborigines
voters; electorate; constituents
prefectural resident (of Osaka or Kyoto)
Ainu people; the Ainu
civilian control (of the military)
netizen; cybercitizen; Internet user
Republic of Korea; South Korea
racial spirit; national spirit
national consciousness
militia; paramilitary group
sovereignty of the people
Tomin First no Kai (regional political party in Tokyo)
Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang)
civil rights; franchise; citizenship
public holiday; national holiday
person from the provinces; person living outside major metropolitan areas
folk tale; folklore
foreign-settlement corporation
neighborhood (protest) movement; neighbourhood (protest) movement
postal privatisation (privatisation of Japan Post)
popularization; popularisation
private demand
state resident; people of a state
colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
disaster relief
Burakumin (modern-day descendants of Japan's feudal outcast group)
tower-shaped wooden talisman; apron-shaped straw deity to ward off disease
self-determination of peoples
popular election
agrarian revolt; agrarian uprising
Social Democratic Party
commoners; the masses
Liberal Democratic Party; LDP; Free Democratic Party (Germany); FDP
(common) people
National People's Congress (of the People's Republic of China); NPC
national manpower
disease affecting an entire nation
everyday articles which have come to be regarded as folk art
colonization; colonisation
medical insurance for the whole nation
folk costume; traditional clothing; national clothing
immigration office
unified effort of government and private sector
inexpensive hotel operated by a local government
American (citizen)
civic activity; activities initiated by the citizens themselves
history of a people
Mao jacket; Mao suit
democratic state; (a) democracy
public-spirited or self-sacrificing individual
ethnic discrimination
citizen's holiday; by law, any weekday that falls between two other national holidays (e.g. between 1985 and 2006 May 4, now Greenery Day)
net cafe refugee; homeless person living in an Internet cafe
basic resident register; basic register of residents
retired person; recluse
discriminated-against people; group of people suffering discrimination
racially homogeneous; monoracial
commercial broadcasting
(private) house; average person's house
savage people
Numbers (book of the Bible)
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; UNHCR
picture depicting everyday life; folk art
(Sun Yat-sen's) Three Principles of the People
the people of all nations
national review (referendum on a legal matter)
the whole nation; all the people
private ownership
refugee status determination; refugee recognition; certification of refugee status
people belonging to a hereditary occupation group (Yamato period)
citizens' rally; mass meeting
ethnically homogeneous nation; racially homogeneous nation
German Democratic Republic (i.e. former East Germany)
land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent)
(Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)
relieving the sufferings of the people
privately owned forest
hopes of the people
British person; British citizen; Briton
the rising generation; children
(early Meiji era) democratic rights ideology
Latin peoples; Latin races
complete state ownership of land and citizens (proclaimed by the Taika reforms) (Ritsuryo period)
sovereignty of the people
immigration law
transition from military rule to democratic government
netizen; cybercitizen; Internet user
putting the officials and bureaucrats above the people; treating the governors as more important than the governed; statism
monarch and subjects
making people subjects of the emperor; imperialisation; imperialization
perspective of an ordinary person; common sense; popular feeling
untouchable (of the Indian caste system)
private enterprise
politics of the people (democratic theory of Sakuzō Yoshino, 1878-1933)
social-contract theory
victims; sufferers
global citizen; citizen of the earth
Ministry of Popular Affairs (1869-1871); Ministry of Popular Affairs (under the ritsuryo system)
commercial television
private land; privately-owned land
lowly people (esp. as a caste); humble people
person stranded due to mass transit disruptions after an earthquake, etc.
folk dance; ethnic dance
district resident; inhabitant of a county
Christian Democratic Union (Germany); Christian Democrats; CDU
Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party)
national treatment; treating foreigners and locals equally
democratic form of government
net cafe refugee; homeless person living in an Internet cafe
subordinate people
Burakumin (modern-day descendants of Japan's feudal outcast group)
Donghak Peasant Revolution (Korea; 1894-1895)
character traits of the people of a prefecture
imperialisation policy (esp. on Korea during Japan's colonial rule) (imperialization); policy of imperialisation
civic or citizenship education
Kokumin Shinto; People's New Party (Japanese political party)
civil conciliation; civil mediation
commonness; the common touch
governing a nation and providing relief to people
commercial broadcaster; commercial radio or TV station
non-official newspaper; private newspaper
commercial broadcasting station
Tanka people (of southern China)
national customs
internally displaced person
German Peasants' War (1524-1525)
(subject of) civics
national interests and the people's welfare
ethnic distribution; tribal distribution
private house
Asian peoples; Asiatic peoples; Asian nations
municipal community centre; ward residents hall
prefectural meeting hall; civic center; community hall
land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percent
democracy (as propounded by Sun Yat-sen)
denominated in Chinese Yuan; denominated in renminbi
name given to the lowest rank of the Japanese caste system after its abolition
national welfare
National Revolutionary Army (Republic of China; 1925-1947)
popular diplomacy; public diplomacy; people's diplomacy; diplomacy carried out by non-government officials
fellow countrymen
civic education; education for citizenship
racketeering by interceding in civil disputes and threatening the use of violence
racketeering by interceding in civil disputes and threatening the use of violence
someone unable to fulfil their shopping needs (esp. in areas of depopulation or due to lack of transport); people who have been cut off from the retail sector; (lit.) shopping refugee
Tokyo metropolitan residents' tax
policy of keeping the people ignorant and easily subjugated
African National Congress; ANC
Tanka people (of southern China)
national citizen identification number system
New Democracy (concept devised by Mao Zedong)
digital renminbi; digital yuan; e-CNY
worker who does not have time to eat lunch
out of touch with the voters; indifferent to the concerns of the people
Constitutional Nationalist Party (1910-1922)
Democratic Liberal Party (1948-1950)
public opinion
fake refugee; phony refugee; illegal migrant disguised as a refugee
untouchable (of India's caste system)
small country with a small population (The Chinese philosopher Lao-tze's ideal of a state)
democratic constitution
Constitutional Democratic Party (1927-1940)
governing a nation and providing relief to people
private land; privately-owned land
loans for low-income people
second-generation immigrant
belonging to the citizenry; residing in the people
system of rule during the Yamato period
Democratic Socialist Party
basic resident register card; citizen identification card; Juki card
naval militia; maritime militia
the fishing and agrarian populace
untouchable (of India's caste system)
world peace; everyone living peacefully together
disparity (of income, pensions, etc.) between public and private employees
prefectural residents' tax (in Kyoto or Osaka)
gross real national product; real GNP; RGNP
private railway
National Requisition Ordinance (1939)
people's ownership; publicly owned
demotic (ancient Egyptian script)
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
tower-shaped wooden talisman; apron-shaped straw deity to ward off disease
Tanka people (of southern China)
the masses; the people
the masses; the people
citizenship training school
national life; civic life
drama of ordinary people
privatized business; privatised business
railway station built with government and popular support
national morality
social-contract theory
people's interests
collection of folk stories
Imperialist Party
gross national expenditure; GNE
prefectural tax; prefectural residents' tax
cooperation between the private and public sectors
Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito and Democratic Socialist Party
civil legal aid system (e.g. legal aid for poor people)
civil legal aid system (e.g. legal aid for poor people)
based on a nation's people; popular base
national health insurance program (programme)
resident audit request to local government authority
saving a nation and providing relief to the people
Hunmin-jongum; the Hankul (Hangul) alphabet (of Korea); the Onmun (Enmun)
State Minister in Charge of Postal Services Privatization
Kuomintang (Taiwanese Nationalist Party)
Kokumin Shinto; People's New Party (Japanese political party)
postal privatisation (privatisation of Japan Post)
land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%
land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other half
German Peasants' War (1524-1525)
folk scale (anhemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, so, la, ti, re)
imperial subjects; the people
imperial subjects; the people
private ownership of land and citizens
civil status; status (of a person) under the Civil Code
over-qualified person; over-educated person (unable to find a job); (lit.) educational refugee
citizen of the world; world citizen
citizens of a local area or region
decolonization; decolonisation
national traits; national character
certified copy of certificate of residence
United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR
United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR
min-min kisei; deals between companies which restrict competition
min-min kisei; deals between companies which restrict competition
deprivation of civil rights; suspension of civil rights
oppressed peoples; discriminated ethnicity
migrant worker from the countryside (in China)
(rural) migrant worker (in China)
citizens band radio; CB radio
Twittersphere; Twitter users
public plaza; citizen's plaza
people of a country
people's democratic dictatorship (e.g. Maoism)
principle of national self-determination
mingeishi (type of washi)
slash-and-burn farmer (in Korea)
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Plurinational State of Bolivia
deliberative democracy; discursive democracy
civil action; civil suit; civil proceedings; (Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)
(Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)
Tomin First no Kai (regional political party in Tokyo)
Examples (200 in total)
The voice of the people is the voice of God.
The people deprived him of his rights.
The people set up a new government.