Citizen

"Citizen" in Japanese

人民

jinmin

(antonym to "subject")

住民

jūmin

(resident of any particular place)

公民

kōmin

(legal member of a state)

国民

kokumin

(legal member of a state)

市民

shimin

(legal resident of a city)

文民

bunmin

(civilian)

tami

(antonym to "subject")

民衆

minshū

(antonym to "subject")

民間人

minkanjin

(civilian)

臣民

shinmin

(antonym to "subject")

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.