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庶民 (しょみん): masses, common people — Japanese vocabulary

庶民 is read しょみん and means "masses, common people". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

庶民

Reading
しょみん · shomin
Translation
masses, common people
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
しょみんが

Example

庶民はまるで羊のように独裁者の後ろにしたがった。

しょみんはまるでひつじのようにどくさいしゃのうしろにしたがった。

The people followed the dictator like so many sheep.

Kanji in this word

  • 庶 — Commoner, All, Bastard
  • 民 — people

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