Meanings
Readings
Common Words
people; populace; masses
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses
Honorific; Familiar; Noun, used as a suffix
people; folk; clique; bunch
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
general public; the masses
the public; general public
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
audience; attendance; hearers
public telephone; pay phone
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
vulgar person; low-life; sleazebag; boor
Archaic
lowly person; person of humble rank; peasant; churl
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