民度

民度 (hiragana みんど, rōmaji mindo)

1. the condition of the people, social conditions
2. standard of living

   民 (みん)度 (ど)が高 (たか)い

   mindo ga takai

   high standard of living

3. “standard of culture”, the general level of intellectual, educational, and cultural sophistication attributed to a region or a population
   • 2009 February 6, mas********さん [username], “Mindo ga hikui, bunka level ga hikui tte iu no wa”, in Chiebukuro‎:

     かつての日 (に)本 (ほん)の総理大臣 (そうりだいじん)が、「アメリカはヒスパニックやプエルトリカンの人 (じん)種 (しゅ)が多 (おお)いから、民 (みん)度 (ど)が低 (ひく)い」などと発言 (はつげん)して問題 (もんだい)になったことがあります。

     Katsute no Nihon no Sōridaijin ga, “Amerika wa Hisupanikku ya Pueruto Rikan no jinshu ga ōi kara, mindo ga hikui” nado to hatsugen-shite mondai ni natta koto ga arimasu.

     The former Prime Minister of Japan caused a problem when he remarked, “America has a lot of Hispanic and Puerto Rican people, so their standard of culture is low.”