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国民

JLPT N3 · Vocabulary

国民 — “citizens, the people, the nation”

国民 (read こくみん) means citizens, the people, the nation. It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

こくみん

Meaning

citizens, the people, the nation

国民 in a sentence

国民こくみんの声こえを聞きく。

I listen to the voice of the people.

The kanji in 国民

国country
民people, citizens

Words that share a kanji with 国民

外国がいこく— foreign country; abroad
外国人がいこくじん— foreigner
国くに— country; place of origin
国際こくさい— international
国語こくご— national language, Japanese (as a school subject)
国家こっか— state, nation
国会こっかい— national assembly, Diet, parliament
国境こっきょう— national border, frontier

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