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民間 (みんかん) — private | JLPT N2 · Nihongo Circle

民間

みんかん

particle

Meanings

1private
2civilian
3non-governmental
4non-official
5folk
6popular

Example sentence

民間機が軍事的領域を侵犯したとのことです。

A commercial airplane allegedly violated military airspace.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

民People, Nation, Subjects5 strokes 間Interval, Space12 strokes

More words with 民

植民地しょくみんち · colonyN1 庶民しょみん · massesN1 民族みんぞく · peopleN1 民俗みんぞく · folk customsN1 民主～みんしゅ～ · democratic

Full entry on Jisho

N2

民謡みんよう · folk songN2

住民じゅうみん · inhabitantsN3

移民いみん · emigrantN1

More words with 間

右中間うちゅうかん · between right and center fielders (centre)区間くかん · sectionN1 空間くうかん · spaceN1 間柄あいだがら · relationshipN1 合間あいま · intervalN1 茶の間ちゃのま · living room (Japanese style)N1 つかの間つかのま · momentN1 時間じかん · timeN5

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