都民

Japanese

Kanji in this term
都	民
と Grade: 3	みん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
都民 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

都 (“capital”) +‎ 民 (“people, populace”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とみん [tóꜜmìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [to̞mʲĩɴ]

Noun

都(と)民(みん) • (tomin)

(also collectively) A citizen or inhabitant of Tokyo, a Tokyoite; the population of Tokyo.
(by extension) An inhabitant or the population of any capital.

Synonyms

(inhabitant of Tokyo): 東(とう)京(きょう)人(じん) (Tōkyō-jin)

See also

江(え)戸(ど)っ子(こ) (edokko)

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