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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

県けん民みん

kenmin

prefecture resident

Example sentences

  1. 沖縄おきなわ県民けんみんは、命いのちに関かかわる危険きけんと背中合せなかあわせの暮くらしを強しいられてきました。

    The Okinawans came to be forced to live alongside life-threatening danger.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 同日夜どうじつよる、皇太子こうたいしは沖縄戦おきなわせんと県民けんみんの心情しんじょうを思おもう異例いれいの談話だんわを発表はっぴょうしている。

    The Crown Prince made an unprecedented remark on the same night that he sympathizes with people in Okinawa Prefecture who were tormented by the Battle of Okinawa.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 以後県いごけんは県民けんみん、とくに支配層しはいそうに懐柔策かいじゅうさくをとるようになった。

    After that, the prefectural government began trying to win over its residents, especially the ruling class.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 県民

  • 県prefectureOnケンKunかける
  • 民people; nationOnミンKunたみ

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