Illustration: In the shared courtyard of an Edo nagaya, a carpenter, a vegetable seller, and a seamstress gather around the communal well after work. Their tools and modest baskets rest beside patched everyday clothing.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

庶しょ民みん

shomin

ordinary people

Example sentences

  1. 庶民しょみんはまるで羊ひつじのように独裁者どくさいしゃの後うしろにしたがった。

    The people followed the dictator like so many sheep.

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  2. 庶民しょみんのなりわいは、米こめをつくることだった。

    The ordinary people had their livelihood in farming rice.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. このテレビドラマを見みれば江戸時代えどじだいの庶民しょみんの暮くらしぶりがよくわかります。

    If you watch this TV drama, you will understand the lives of ordinary people in the Edo Age very well.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 庶民

  • 庶commoner; allOnショ
  • 民people; nationOnミンKunたみ

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