町人

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
町 人
ちょう
Grade: 1 		にん
Grade: 1
goon
 町人 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From 町 (chō, “town”) +‎ 人 (-nin, “-person”).

Pronunciation

Noun

町(ちょう)人(にん) • (chōnin) ←ちやうにん (tyaunin)?

  1. (literal) a townsperson
  2. a tradesperson
    町(ちょう)人(にん)貴(き)族(ぞく)
    Chōnin Kizoku
    Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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