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JLPT N5 · Noun / adverb

みんな (minna)

みんな is a Japanese noun / adverb meaning “everyone; everybody”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
みんな
Romaji
minna
Word class
Noun / adverb
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. everyone; everybody; all · noun, pronoun, adverb · usually written in kana · みんな is less formal and more emphatic
  2. everything; all · noun, adverb · usually written in kana

Example sentences

生徒達はみんな家に帰りました。
All the students have gone home.
Tatoeba #142709
彼女はみんなに愛されている。
She is loved by everybody.
Tatoeba #91423
木の葉はみんな落ちてしまった。
The leaves have all fallen.
Tatoeba #80107

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1202150 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.