都民

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とみん [tóꜜmìǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])

IPA^(key): [to̞mʲĩɴ]

Noun

都民 (hiragana とみん, rōmaji tomin)

(also collectively) A citizen or inhabitant of 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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