国民
こくみん
hepburn kokumin
citizen, the people, nation
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
國country
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民people
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Examples
- 国民はみな選挙で投票する権利があります。All citizens have the right to vote in elections.
- 新しい法律は国民の生活に大きく影響します。The new law greatly affects the lives of the people.
Collocations
国民の権利国民の生活日本国民国民全体全国民
Mnemonic
国民 kokumin — 国 (country) + 民 (people). The people (民) belonging to a country (国) are its citizens or nation. It groups with the politics-and-society vocabulary 選挙 (election, K-80) and 法律 (law, K-76). A near term 市民 (shimin) refers to citizens of a city.
Quick check
What do the two kanji of 国民 each mean?