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JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

国こく民みん

kokumin

the people of a country, citizens

Example sentences

国民こくみんは自由じゆうを味あじわった。
The people enjoyed a taste of freedom.
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日本人にっぽんじんは勤勉きんべんな国民こくみんだ。
The Japanese are an industrious people.
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国民こくみんは彼かれの権利けんりを奪うばった。
The people deprived him of his rights.
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Kanji in 国民

国countryOnコクKunくに
民people; nationOnミンKunたみ

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