Keyword
people
Info
FrequencyTop 500-600
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
?
KankenLevel 7
Heisig1976
Readings
みん
(81%)
たみ
(18%)
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
ignorant people
subject; national
national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
Liberal Democratic Party; LDP
national costume; (in) native dress
pension; guesthouse; bed and breakfast; private home providing lodging for travelers (travellers)
Democratic Party (esp. DPJ or US Democratic Party); Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
people; populace
militia; militiaman
democracy; popular sovereignty; Democratic Party (esp. DPJ)
public hall; community center; community centre
indigenous people; native people; aborigines
ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large
citizenship; civic rights; civil rights; widespread acceptance; social recognition; common use
different race; different ethnic group; different peoples
folklore studies; folkloristics
colonization; colonisation
Japanese citizen; Japanese citizens
local residents; neighbours; neighbors
certificate of residence
native people; aboriginal; indigenous people
folk song; popular song
resident of Tokyo; citizen of Tokyo; Tokyoite
folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore
all people; the whole nation
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
popular sentiment
folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs
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
(article of) folk craft
all citizens; all the city's inhabitants; the whole city
civil rights
national mood; national sentiment; national feeling
daihinmin; daifugō; Japanese card game similar to President
elitism; idea of being part of a chosen people
good citizens; law-abiding people
citizen; freemen
local referendum; poll of residents; plebiscite
the chosen people
lowly people (esp. as a caste); humble people
idler; the unemployed
sense of being the chosen people
Constitutional Nationalist Party (1910-1922); Guomindang (Chinese Nationalist Party); Kuomintang
colonization; colonisation
whole nation; entire nation; all the people
Democratic Liberal Party (1948-1950)
civil administration; civil government; politics focused on the promotion of public welfare
democratic nation; democratic country
democracy; democratic system of government
municipal hospital; public hospital
racial or national characteristics
Democratic Party (formed in 2016 from the merger of the DPJ and Ishin); Democratic Progressive Party (Taiwan)
free people; free men
Social Democratic Party
folk beliefs; folk religion
civilian aircraft
samurai and common people
the four social classes (samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants); the masses
elementary school (in Japan; 1941-1947)
nomadic tribe; nomadic people; nomadic race
privatization; privatisation
Republic of China (Taiwan); ROC
Constitutional Democratic Party (1927-1940)
poor people; the poor
democracy; democratic nation
democratic government
the whole nation; all the people in the land
nongovernment organization (organisation); NGO
multiracial nation; multiethnic country
city meeting hall; civic hall; community center
Chinese people; Han race
cultural standard (of the people); moral standard; cultural level; standard of living
democratic movement; movement towards democracy
sensibilities (feelings, way of thinking) of the common people; popular sentiment
renminbi; Chinese yuan
illegal immigration; illegal immigrant
the people; the public
People's Honour Award (honor); National Honour Award
people's revolution; popular revolution
resident of Hokkaidō; citizen of Hokkaidō
citizens' campaign; citizens' group
immigrant; emigrant; migrant
abandoned people (people left to fend for themselves after a war or natural disaster)
district welfare officer
middle class; bourgeoisie
semi-governmental; semi-official
national assembly (esp. France)
other nations; other peoples
national uniform (such as mandated for Japanese males in 1940)
condition (sentiment) of the people
People of God (i.e. the Israelites); the Chosen People; People of God (i.e. Christians)
private company; private corporation
civil action; civil suit; civil proceedings
sovereignty of the people
multiracial; multiethnic
food universally loved by all citizens; comfort food
national pension; government pension system
people belonging to a hereditary occupation group (Yamato period)
People's Commissar (in the early Soviet Union)
(Republic of) China (i.e. Taiwan)
Movement for Civic Rights and Freedom (Meiji era); Freedom and People's Rights Movement
folk craft; folk art
the military and civilians
Völkerwanderung; great migration in Europe, 4th to 6th century CE
private residence temporarily taking lodgers
colonists; emigrants
private management
the poor; paupers
civil rights movement (esp. American)
voters; electorate; constituents
starving people
civilian control (of the military)
resident; residents
prefectural resident (of Osaka or Kyoto)
indigenous people; native people; natives; aborigines
Ainu people; the Ainu
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
colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
state resident; people of a state
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
everyday articles which have come to be regarded as folk art
national manpower
disease affecting an entire nation
medical insurance for the whole nation
folk costume; traditional clothing; national clothing
colonization; colonisation
immigration office
unified effort of government and private sector
inexpensive hotel operated by a local government
civic activity; activities initiated by the citizens themselves
American (citizen)
basic resident register; basic register of residents
democratic state; (a) democracy
history of a people
public-spirited or self-sacrificing individual
Mao jacket; Mao suit
racially homogeneous; monoracial
refugee status determination; refugee recognition; certification of refugee status
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)
retired person; recluse
discriminated-against people; group of people suffering discrimination
net cafe refugee; homeless person living in an Internet cafe
ethnic discrimination
(private) house; average person's house
commercial broadcasting
savage people
Numbers (book of the Bible)
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; UNHCR
picture depicting everyday life; folk art
the people of all nations
(Sun Yat-sen's) Three Principles of the People
national review (referendum on a legal matter)
private ownership
the whole nation; all the people
citizens' rally; mass meeting
people belonging to a hereditary occupation group (Yamato period)
land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent)
ethnically homogeneous nation; racially homogeneous nation
relieving the sufferings of the people
German Democratic Republic (i.e. former East Germany)
(Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)
immigration law
transition from military rule to democratic government
Latin peoples; Latin races
netizen; cybercitizen; Internet user
the rising generation; children
sovereignty of the people
untouchable (of the Indian caste system)
British person; British citizen; Briton
privately owned forest
complete state ownership of land and citizens (proclaimed by the Taika reforms) (Ritsuryo period)
(early Meiji era) democratic rights ideology
hopes of the people
monarch and subjects
putting the officials and bureaucrats above the people; treating the governors as more important than the governed; statism
perspective of an ordinary person; common sense; popular feeling
making people subjects of the emperor; imperialisation; imperialization
private land; privately-owned land
net cafe refugee; homeless person living in an Internet cafe
politics of the people (democratic theory of Sakuzō Yoshino, 1878-1933)
Ministry of Popular Affairs (1869-1871); Ministry of Popular Affairs (under the ritsuryo system)
victims; sufferers
social-contract theory
global citizen; citizen of the earth
private enterprise
commercial television
lowly people (esp. as a caste); humble people
democratic form of government
Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party)
national treatment; treating foreigners and locals equally
Christian Democratic Union (Germany); Christian Democrats; CDU
district resident; inhabitant of a county
folk dance; ethnic dance
person stranded due to mass transit disruptions after an earthquake, etc.
Kokumin Shinto; People's New Party (Japanese political party)
civic or citizenship education
imperialisation policy (esp. on Korea during Japan's colonial rule) (imperialization); policy of imperialisation
Tanka people (of southern China)
character traits of the people of a prefecture
Burakumin (modern-day descendants of Japan's feudal outcast group)
commonness; the common touch
Donghak Peasant Revolution (Korea; 1894-1895)
commercial broadcaster; commercial radio or TV station
subordinate people
commercial broadcasting station
governing a nation and providing relief to people
civil conciliation; civil mediation
non-official newspaper; private newspaper
ethnic distribution; tribal distribution
prefectural meeting hall; civic center; community hall
name given to the lowest rank of the Japanese caste system after its abolition
denominated in Chinese Yuan; denominated in renminbi
(subject of) civics
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
German Peasants' War (1524-1525)
internally displaced person
Asian peoples; Asiatic peoples; Asian nations
national customs
national interests and the people's welfare
municipal community centre; ward residents hall
private house
democracy (as propounded by Sun Yat-sen)
popular diplomacy; public diplomacy; people's diplomacy; diplomacy carried out by non-government officials
racketeering by interceding in civil disputes and threatening the use of violence
fellow countrymen
policy of keeping the people ignorant and easily subjugated
digital renminbi; digital yuan; e-CNY
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
African National Congress; ANC
National Revolutionary Army (Republic of China; 1925-1947)
national citizen identification number system
racketeering by interceding in civil disputes and threatening the use of violence
worker who does not have time to eat lunch
national welfare
civic education; education for citizenship
Tokyo metropolitan residents' tax
Tanka people (of southern China)
New Democracy (concept devised by Mao Zedong)
private land; privately-owned land
private railway
Democratic Liberal Party (1948-1950)
world peace; everyone living peacefully together
belonging to the citizenry; residing in the people
untouchable (of India's caste system)
public opinion
governing a nation and providing relief to people
prefectural residents' tax (in Kyoto or Osaka)
people's ownership; publicly owned
demotic (ancient Egyptian script)
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
naval militia; maritime militia
untouchable (of India's caste system)
basic resident register card; citizen identification card; Juki card
Constitutional Democratic Party (1927-1940)
Democratic Socialist Party
National Requisition Ordinance (1939)
second-generation immigrant
system of rule during the Yamato period
small country with a small population (The Chinese philosopher Lao-tze's ideal of a state)
disparity (of income, pensions, etc.) between public and private employees
democratic constitution
the fishing and agrarian populace
Constitutional Nationalist Party (1910-1922)
out of touch with the voters; indifferent to the concerns of the people
gross real national product; real GNP; RGNP
loans for low-income people
fake refugee; phony refugee; illegal migrant disguised as a refugee
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.