Illustration: In a municipal plaza, a street juggler performs for an open gathering of ordinary residents: office workers with lunch bags, grandparents, teenagers, a delivery rider resting beside a bicycle, and parents with small children.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

大たい衆しゅう

taishuu

general public, the masses

Example sentences

  1. その問題もんだいは大衆たいしゅうを当惑とうわくさせた。

    The problem puzzled the public.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 当局とうきょくは事実じじつを大衆たいしゅうから隠かくしてきた。

    The authorities have been hiding the facts from the public.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 新聞しんぶんは大衆たいしゅうに情報じょうほうを流ながす。

    Newspapers distribute information to the public.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 大衆

  • 大large; bigOnダイ・タイKunおお-・おおきい
  • 衆masses; great numbersOnシュウ・シュKunおおい

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