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Frequency: 1558
JLPT N1
Grade 8

Meanings

commoner
all
bastard

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ショ

Common Words

ょみん
Noun
Freq #6215
1

common people; ordinary people; masses

Examples
庶民はまるで羊のように独裁者の後ろにしたがった。
The people followed the dictator like so many sheep.
ょみんてき
~な Adj.
Freq #29523
1

popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious

Examples
彼の庶民的な経歴は前任者のそれと似ている。
His humble background parallels that of his predecessor.
ょし
Noun
Freq #37824
1

illegitimate child

いっぱんしょみん
Noun
Freq #42207
1

ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large

請い願う
庶幾う
冀う
乞い願う
いねがう
Transitive
Godan verb
Freq #43810
1

to beg; to request; to beseech; to implore; to entreat

ょむ
Noun
Freq #46408
1

general affairs

庶事
ょじ
Noun
Freq #52717
1

various matters; everything

しょむか
Noun
Freq #92641
1

general affairs section

Examples
彼女は庶務課に所属している。
She is attached to the general affairs section.
しょみんかんかく
Noun
Freq #99909
1

sensibilities of the common people; ordinary people's way of thinking; popular sentiment

ょりゅう
Noun
Freq #110385
1

illegitimate family lineage

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