JLPT N4 · Noun

市民 (shimin)

市民 (しみん, shimin) is a Japanese noun meaning “citizen (of a country); citizenry”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: しみん
Romaji: shimin
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

citizen (of a country); citizenry · noun
citizen (of a city); resident; inhabitant; townspeople · noun
bourgeoisie; middle class · noun

Example sentences

その新しい法律が市民から自由を奪った。

The new law has deprived the citizens of their liberty.

Tatoeba #208845

私は千葉市民ですが、東京で勤めています。

I am a citizen of Chiba, but work in Tokyo.

Tatoeba #155440

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

Kanji in 市民

市

market, city, townシ・いち · 5 strokes

民

people, nation, subjectsミン・たみ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 市民.

市しcity市いちmarket市場いちば(town) market都市としtown市場しじょうmarket (financial, stock, domestic, etc.)住民じゅうみんinhabitant国民こくみんpeople (of a country)農民のうみんfarmer民間みんかんprivate民主みんしゅdemocracy民謡みんようfolk song移民いみんimmigration庶民しょみんcommon people人民じんみんthe people

Source: JMdict entry 1308690 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.