Keyword
a lot of people
Info
FrequencyTop 1200-1300
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
?
KankenLevel 5
Heisig2001
Readings
しゅ
(27%)
じゅ
(5%)
し
(4%)
す
(1%)
Composed of
blood
stand side by side
Used in vocabulary (171 in total)
people; populace; masses
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
general public; the masses
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
the public; general public
audience; attendance; hearers
all eyes; public attention
public telephone; pay phone
vulgar person; low-life; sleazebag; (arch.) lowly person; (arch.) person of humble rank; (arch.) peasant
mass meeting
all eyes (of the public); (in) full view of the public; (with) everyone looking on; (focus of) public attention
men; manservant; male attendants to an actor
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
young man; youth; lad; servant boy; young shopboy
federation; federal state; United States of America
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
young person; young man; (arch.) boy who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony (Edo period); (arch.) young (homosexual) male prostitute; (arch.) young kabuki actor also working as a male prostitute; (arch.) boy in a homosexual relationship (with a man)
House of Representatives election; lower house election
House of Representatives and House of Councillors; both houses of the Diet
all living things; mankind; the people; the world
public health; public hygiene; sanitation
the people; the public
public toilet; public restroom
crowd (e.g. of spectators); huge audience
women; maidservant
popular (among the general public); populist; plebian; low-brow; widely liked
ordinary people; general public; public at large
cheap restaurant; eating place (house)
member of the lower house; member of the House of Representatives
public lavatory; public toilet; public restroom; slut; whore; floozy
Budget Committee of the lower house of the Diet
the vulgar masses
down-market; popular; mass-market
audience; congregation
male homosexuality; pederasty
mass-market newspaper; tabloid newspaper
popularization; popularisation
dissolution of the lower house of parliament
sleazebag; asshole; shithead; lowlife
mass culture; pop culture; popular culture; culture of the people (as opposed to the elite)
novel for the masses; popular fiction; pulp
courtier; noble; people serving the Imperial Court
dissolution of the lower house of parliament
people; crowd; masses; the public
many priests; (Heian era) monk-soldiers
crowd (of people); large group of people
public confidence; popular support
putting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion
mass psychology; mob psychology; crowd psychology; herd mentality; group mind
mobocracy; mob rule; ochlocracy
the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
the many and the few
enlightenment of the masses; leading the masses on the path of enlightenment (Buddhism)
low-cost car designed for the mass market; economy car; popular car
the wisdom of the many; well-known
popular entertainment; mass entertainment; public amusement
samurai for the shogunate
public telephone booth; phone box
mass movement; popular movement
popular uprising; mass uprising
deciding unanimously or by consensus
popularization; popularisation
large number of priests
common talk; talk of the town; words of many people
the wisdom of the many
putting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion
assembly of monks and laity (at a rite, sermon, etc.); (monks and laity of) the Jishū sect
all eyes (of the public); (in) full view of the public; (with) everyone looking on; (focus of) public attention
Socialist Masses Party (1932-1940)
cheap fish for the masses (e.g. sardines, mackerel, pike)
Budget Committee of the lower house of the Diet
Mahasamghika (early Buddhist movement)
the masses; common people
humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot; bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period)
United Mexican States (Mexico)
multitude; great numbers
public opinion
deva; celestial being
over-the-counter drug
various theories
universal agreement; broad consensus
four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees); four monastic communities (ordained monks, ordained nuns, male novices and female novices); the four assemblies
the masses; ordinary people
the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
speaking with one voice; being unanimous
the blind masses; the ignorant masses; the unenlightened masses; many blind people
demotic (ancient Egyptian script)
dandy; gallant; chivalrous person
the multitudes; the people
many priests; (Heian era) monk-soldiers
public opinion
to sell out to the masses
public transmission rights (e.g. putting copyrightable material on the web, etc.)
filled with numerous sufferings
putting a deliberately bad interpretation (on a person's actions); petty-minded suspicion
guard (of a daimyo, emperor, etc.)
to be churlish; to be crude; to be boorish; to be vulgar; to conduct oneself in an unseemly manner
public booth; public kiosk
railway station built with government and popular support
holding the attention of the audience
mass (labor) negotiation; mass bargaining session; public negotiation
(adopting) a popular line; (taking) a populist line
(in) each of the houses of the Japanese parliament
elder chief of a village or town during Edo Period
male homosexuality; pederasty
four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)
seven orders of Buddhist disciples (monks, nuns, probationary nuns, male novices, female novices, male lay devotees, female lay devotees)
public line (as opposed to a private or leased line)
important local businessmen (in the Muromachi period); local leaders
children; child; young male prostitute; prostitute
hindsight is 20-20 (even for a fool); an afterwit is everybody's wit
feudal lord who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
holding the attention of the audience
numerous sufferings; suffering of many people
House of Representatives election; lower house election
Japanese holly fern (Cyrtomium fortunei)
Examples (200 in total)
They attacked, counting on their numbers.
The village folk helped us get ready for the festival.
The neighborhood folks gathered around.