people (of a country); nation; citizen; Democratic Party for the People
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
people; citizens; subjects; folk
citizen (of a country); citizenry; citizen (of a city); resident; bourgeoisie; middle class
common people; ordinary people; masses
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
refugee; displaced person; person inconvenienced by (lack of something, etc.); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.); person who is stuck (in a place or situation)
immigration; emigration; immigrant; emigrant
Liberal Democratic Party; LDP
Democratic Party; Democratic Party of Japan (1998-2016); DPJ; Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan
private citizen; civilian
ordinary citizen; the general public
the people; citizens; the populace
Liberal Democratic Party; LDP
democracy; popular sovereignty; Democratic Party of Japan (1998-2016)
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
resident of a prefecture; citizen of a prefecture
national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level
private enterprise; private business; private company; private firm; private-sector business; private-sector corporation
colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
resident of Tokyo; citizen of Tokyo; Tokyoite
islander; inhabitant of an island
townsman; townswoman; resident of a town; townspeople; townsfolk
public hall; community center; community centre
democratization; democratisation
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (2017-); CDPJ; Constitutional Democratic Party (Russia, 1905-1917)
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
(the) ignorant masses; untaught populace; unlearned people
Democratic Party (2016-2018; formed from the merger of the DPJ and the Japan Innovation Party); Democratic Progressive Party (Taiwan)
subject; national; citizen
local referendum; poll of residents; plebiscite
popular will; will of the people
national costume; folk costume; native dress; traditional dress
government and people; government and private sector; public and private sector
minority ethnic group; ethnic minority; minority race
guest house; private home providing lodging for travelers; bed and breakfast; pension
Japanese citizen; (the) Japanese
life of the people; people's lives; citizens' livelihoods
indigenous people; native people; aborigines
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
Democratic Party for the People; DPFP; DPP
the whole nation; everyone in the country
locals; local inhabitants
renminbi (currency of China); Chinese yuan
citizenship; civic rights; civil rights; widespread acceptance; social recognition; common use
local residents; neighbours; neighbors
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan; CDPJ
ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large
Constitutional Nationalist Party (1910-1922); Kuomintang; Chinese Nationalist Party
folklore studies; folkloristics
different race; different ethnic group; different peoples
citizens of one's own country; fellow countrymen; compatriots
National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan; JCIC
private residence temporarily taking lodgers
nongovernment organization (organisation); NGO
colonization; colonisation
democratic movement; movement towards democracy
civil affairs; civil case
folk tale; folktale; folk story; folklore
privatization; privatisation
native people; aboriginal; indigenous people
national traits; national characteristic; character of the inhabitants of a nation
illegal immigration; illegal immigrant
all people; the whole nation
civil administration; civil government; politics focused on the promotion of public welfare
folk customs; folkways; ethnic customs
National People's Congress (of the People's Republic of China); NPC
national referendum law; Act on Procedures for Amendment of the Constitution of Japan
public welfare; the people's livelihood
national pension; government pension system
national mood; national sentiment; national feeling
national health insurance
indigenous people; aborigines; indigenes
whole nation; entire nation; all the people
municipal hospital; public hospital
citizen; civics (school subject)
the lower classes; the masses; the common people; underclass; riffraff
prefectural resident (of Osaka or Kyoto)
Kokumin Shinto; People's New Party (Japanese political party)
wandering people; nomadic tribe
People's Bank of China; The People's Bank of China
People's Honour Award (honor); National Honour Award
Tomin First no Kai (regional political party in Tokyo)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; UNHCR
postal privatisation (privatisation of Japan Post)
Liberal Democratic Party; LDP; Free Democratic Party (Germany); FDP
democratic nation; democratic country
People's Liberation Army; PLA
all citizens; all the city's inhabitants; the whole city
private military company; mercenary group
resident of Hokkaidō; citizen of Hokkaidō
militia; paramilitary group
basic resident register; basic register of residents
refugee status determination; refugee recognition; certification of refugee status
city meeting hall; civic hall; community center
unpatriotic person; traitor (to one's country)
national assembly (esp. France)
sovereignty of the people
elitism; idea of being part of a chosen people
equestrian tribe; equestrian people
civil action; civil suit; civil proceedings
unified effort of government and private sector
daihinmin; daifugō; card game similar to President
colonization; colonisation
good citizens; law-abiding people
universal health insurance; universal healthcare
sense of being the chosen people
civilian control (of the military)
lowly people (esp. as a caste); humble people
democracy; democratic nation
National Front (political party)
important intangible folk culture asset
issue of immigration; problem of immigration
People's Daily (Chinese newspaper)
citizens' campaign; citizens' group
internally displaced person
elementary school (in Japan; 1941-1947)
racial or national characteristics
private company; private corporation
civil rights movement (esp. American)
multiracial nation; multiethnic country
People's Republic of China
People's Liberation Army (China); PLA
democracy; democratic system of government
folk beliefs; folk religion
national review; national referendum on the appointment or re-appointment of Supreme Court judges, held at the same time as general elections to the House of Representatives
Republic of China; ROC; Taiwan; Republic of China (country controlling mainland China from 1912 to 1949)
nomadic tribe; nomadic people; nomadic race
popular movement; citizens' campaign; national movement
samurai and common people
cultural standard (of a people); moral standard; cultural level; standard of living
Christian Democratic Union (Germany); Christian Democrats; CDU
the military and civilians
Constitutional Democratic Party (1927-1940)
sensibilities of the common people; ordinary people's way of thinking; popular sentiment
civic center; community center
the whole nation; all the people in the land
Germanic race; Germanic peoples
private land; privately owned land
abandoned people (people left to fend for themselves after a war or natural disaster)
civil rights; franchise; citizenship
transition from military rule to democratic government
condition (sentiment) of the people
Democratic Liberal Party (1948-1950)
people's revolution; popular revolution
immigrant; emigrant; migrant
the four social classes (of Edo-period Japan; samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants)
NHK Kara Kokumin wo Mamoru Tō (political party); NHK Party
food universally loved by all citizens; comfort food
People's Commissar (in the early Soviet Union)
middle class; bourgeoisie
semi-governmental; semi-official
national hero; hero of the nation
other nations; other peoples
public holiday; national holiday
civic activity; activities initiated by the citizens themselves
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan; CDPJ
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; UNRWA
foreign-settlement corporation
Movement for Civic Rights and Freedom (Meiji period); Freedom and People's Rights Movement
national uniform (such as mandated for Japanese males in 1940)
Republic of Korea; South Korea
People of God (i.e. the Israelites); the Chosen People; People of God (i.e. Christians)
Republic of China (Taiwan); ROC
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; UNHCR
democratic state; (a) democracy
residential affairs division (of a city administration)
State Minister in Charge of Postal Services Privatization
people belonging to a hereditary occupation group (Yamato period)
digital renminbi; digital yuan; e-CNY
educated loafer (living off family wealth); leisured intellectual; idle rich
voters; electorate; constituents
perspective of an ordinary person; common sense; popular feeling
Völkerwanderung; great migration in Europe, 4th to 6th century CE
denominated in Chinese yuan; denominated in renminbi
tribune (of ancient Rome)
New Democracy (concept devised by Mao Zedong)
neighborhood (protest) movement; neighbourhood (protest) movement
netizen; cybercitizen; Internet user
Nationalist Government (of the Republic of China; 1924-1948)
indigenous people; native people; natives; aborigines
public referendum ordinance
racial spirit; national spirit
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea); DPRK
resident audit request to local government authority
Democratic Socialist Party
resident participation; citizen participation; public involvement (in local governance)
immigration office; immigration bureau
sovereignty of the people
self-determination of peoples
equality for the four classes (early Meiji-period slogan)
state resident; people of a state
African National Congress; ANC
person from the provinces; person living outside major metropolitan areas
popularization; popularisation
agrarian revolt; agrarian uprising
colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
(Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)
popular uprising; mass uprising
Renmin University of China
burakumin (modern-day descendants of Japan's feudal outcast group)
tower-shaped wooden talisman; apron-shaped straw deity to ward off disease
House of Commons (UK, Canada)
inexpensive hotel operated by a local government
everyday articles which have come to be regarded as folk art
Korean Residents Union in Japan; Mindan
citizen participation; public participation; popular participation
disease affecting an entire nation
civil defense; civilian defense
citizens' rally; mass meeting
suspension of civil rights
folk costume; national costume; native dress; traditional dress
colonization; colonisation
gross national product; GNP
out of touch with the voters; indifferent to the concerns of the people
net cafe refugee; homeless person living in an Internet cafe
citizen's holiday; by law, any weekday that falls between two other national holidays (e.g. September 22, falling between Respect the Elderly Day and the Autumn Equinox Holiday)
British person; British citizen; Briton
public-spirited or self-sacrificing individual
migrant worker from the countryside (in China)
gross national income; GNI
Democratic National Committee (US); DNC
the whole nation; all the people
sovereignty of the people
basic resident register card; citizen identification card; Juki card
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
global citizen; citizen of the earth
National Requisition Ordinance (1939)
discriminated-against people; group of people suffering discrimination
civil conciliation; civil mediation
racially homogeneous; monoracial
commercial broadcaster; commercial radio or TV station
putting the officials and bureaucrats above the people; treating the governors as more important than the governed; statism
(private) house; average person's house
Numbers (book of the Bible)
civic group; municipal activists; civic political forces
picture depicting everyday life; folk art
Republic of Korea Armed Forces
the people of all nations
(Sun Yat-sen's) Three Principles of the People
private land; privately owned land
ethnically homogeneous nation; racially homogeneous nation
colonial city (of ancient Greece or Rome)
anti-democratic thought; anti-democratic ideology
people belonging to a hereditary occupation group (Yamato period)
land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent)
character traits of the people of a prefecture; prefectural characteristic; regional characteristic
Japan Association for Refugees
National Commission on Educational Reform; National Commission on Education Reform; National Congress for Educational Reform; National Council on Educational Reform
national event; event that is enjoyed nationwide; event with nationwide popularity
German Democratic Republic; East Germany
relieving the sufferings of the people
netizen; cybercitizen; Internet user
private investigation agency
Latin peoples; Latin races
net cafe refugee; homeless person living in an Internet cafe
junior citizen; young citizen
public plaza; citizen's plaza
complete state ownership of land and citizens (proclaimed by the Taika reforms; ritsuryō period)
(early Meiji era) democratic rights ideology
non-official newspaper; private newspaper
untouchable (of the Indian caste system)
making people subjects of the emperor; imperialisation; imperialization
indirect democracy; representative democracy
parts of the civil code relating to kinship and inheritance that were rewritten in 1947; old civil code (drafted by French scholar Gustave Émile Boissonade for Japan, but never implemented)
person stranded due to mass transit disruptions after an earthquake, etc.
lowly people (esp. as a caste); humble people
Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries
Residential Basic Book Act
Tokyo Citizens' Day (October 1)
Minmeishobō (publishing company featured in the manga series "Sakigake!! Otokojuku")
Tokyo metropolitan residents' tax
Ministry of Popular Affairs (1869-1871); Ministry of Popular Affairs (under the ritsuryō system)
national treatment; treating foreigners and locals equally
politics of the people (democratic theory of Sakuzō Yoshino, 1878-1933)
Japan Democratic Party (1954-1955); Democratic Party (of Japan; 1947-1950)
naval militia; maritime militia
prefectural meeting hall; civic center; community hall
democratic form of government
district resident; inhabitant of a county
governing a nation and providing relief to people
Kuomintang; KMT; Chinese Nationalist Party
municipal community centre; ward residents hall
imperialisation policy (esp. on Korea during Japan's colonial rule) (imperialization); policy of imperialisation
Volkssturm (national militia established by Nazi Germany during the last months of World War II)
commonness; the common touch
LDP's (Liberal Democratic Party's) Foreign Affairs Division
popular diplomacy; public diplomacy; people's diplomacy; diplomacy carried out by non-government officials
commercial broadcasting station
Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito and Democratic Socialist Party
junior citizen; young citizen
burakumin (modern-day descendants of Japan's feudal outcast group)
racketeering by interceding in civil disputes and threatening the use of violence
Donghak Peasant Revolution (Korea; 1894-1895)
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
civic education; citizenship education
Tanka people (of southern China)
national capital; native capital; domestic capital
land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percent
national interests and the people's welfare
German Peasants' War (1524-1525)
democratic government; democratically elected government
pro-democracy movement in China
collection of folk stories
Social Democratic Federation
disparity (of income, pensions, etc.) between public and private employees
new commoner; former members of the lowest rank of the Japanese caste system after its abolition in 1871
Asian peoples; Asiatic peoples; Asian nations
LDP's National Defense Division
democracy (as propounded by Sun Yat-sen)
national liberation movement
Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act
New People's Army (NPA) (Filipino paramilitary group)
ethnic distribution; tribal distribution
resident registration code
Department of Civil Aviation
worker who does not have time to eat lunch
National Revolutionary Army (Republic of China; 1925-1947)
national citizen identification number system
prefectural tax; prefectural residents' tax
racketeering by interceding in civil disputes and threatening the use of violence
jus civile (legal code of ancient Rome); civil law
civic education; education for citizenship
person unable to fulfil their shopping needs (esp. in areas of depopulation or due to lack of transport); people who have been cut off from the retail sector; (lit.) shopping refugee
Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana
Tanka people (of southern China)
national vacation village
obscurantist policy; keep-the-people-ignorant policy
Civil Information and Education Section (of the General Headquarters of the Allied Powers in Japan; 1945-1952); CIE
Nazism; national socialism
Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems (collection of poems by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Gunma Prefectural College of Health Sciences
fake refugee; phony refugee; illegal migrant disguised as a refugee
Constitutional Democratic Party (1927-1940)
decolonization; decolonisation
untouchable (of India's caste system)
Democratic Liberal Party (1948-1950)
the fishing and agrarian populace
system of rule during the Yamato period
second-generation immigrant
demotic (ancient Egyptian script)
world peace; everyone living peacefully together
Takagi Fund for Citizen Science
gross national happiness (philosophy that guides the government of Bhutan); GNH
prefectural citizens' day
gross real national product; real GNP; RGNP
people's ownership; publicly owned
folk etymology; popular (but unfounded) etymology
basic resident register network system
Frankfurt National Assembly (1848-1849)
small country with a small population (The Chinese philosopher Lao-tze's ideal of a state)
Constitutional Nationalist Party (1910-1922)
belonging to the citizenry; residing in the people
loans for low-income people
Folklore Society of Japan
governing a nation and providing relief to people
untouchable (of India's caste system)
(ideology of) ethnic supremacy; racial supremacism
prefectural residents' tax (in Kyoto or Osaka)
Republic of Korea; South Korea
tower-shaped wooden talisman; apron-shaped straw deity to ward off disease
Tanka people (of southern China)
national life; civic life
privatized business; privatised business
railway station built with government and popular support
gross national expenditure; GNE
cooperation between the private and public sectors
civil legal aid system (e.g. legal aid for poor people)
civil legal aid system (e.g. legal aid for poor people)
based on a nation's people; popular base
national health insurance program (programme)
neocolonialism; neo-colonialism
people's socialist republic
people's democratic republic
saving a nation and providing relief to the people
Hunmin-jongum; the Hankul (Hangul) alphabet (of Korea); the Onmun (Enmun)
net national product; NNP
Kokumin Shinto; People's New Party (Japanese political party)
postal privatisation (privatisation of Japan Post)
land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%
land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other half
net national welfare; NNW
German Peasants' War (1524-1525)
folk scale (anhemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, so, la, ti, re)
imperial subjects; the people
imperial subjects; the people
private ownership of land and citizens
civil status; status (of a person) under the Civil Code
over-qualified person; over-educated person (unable to find a job); (lit.) educational refugee
national disposable income
citizen of the world; world citizen
postal service privatization
war of national liberation
national traits; national character
certified copy of certificate of residence
United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR
United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands (1950-1972); USCAR
min-min kisei; deals between companies which restrict competition
min-min kisei; deals between companies which restrict competition
oppressed peoples; discriminated ethnicity
(rural) migrant worker (in China)
citizens band radio; CB radio
Twittersphere; Twitter users
Twittersphere; Twitter users
people's democratic dictatorship (e.g. Maoism)
Nazism; national socialism
principle of national self-determination
mingeishi (type of washi)
slash-and-burn farmer (in Korea)
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
People's Republic of Bangladesh
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Plurinational State of Bolivia
Lao People's Democratic Republic
deliberative democracy; discursive democracy
civil action; civil suit; civil proceedings; (Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)
(Japanese) Civil Proceedings Act (1890, revised in 1926)
Tomin First no Kai (regional political party in Tokyo)
democracy deficit; democratic deficit
medieval German eastward expansion; Ostsiedlung
public swimming pool; municipal swimming pool
renminbi (currency of China); Chinese yuan
Partai Nasional Indonesia
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
Moro National Liberation Front; MNLF
International Democratic Union
National Life Finance Corporation (1949-2008)
National Life Finance Corporation
National Issues Forum; NIF
UN Relief and Works Agency
Korean Residents Union in Japan (former name)
International Society for Customer-Driven Public Service
Panel of the Liberal Democratic Party
Liberal National Congress (part of the LDP); JKK
Union Democratica Popular
National Farmers Union; NFU
National Farmers' Organization
Civil Aviation Administration of China; CAAC
Japan Attorneys Pension Fund
Japan Democratic Lawyer's Association
Japan Folklore Economics Association
Japanese Society of Ethnology
Art Museum of Toyama-kenmin-kaikan
Plebian Society (ca. 1904)
Life Funds for North Korean Refugees
Private Sector Building Land Development Office
Institute for Democratic Education
Ministry of Civil Affairs (PRC)
Democratic Youth League of Japan (abbr); DYLJ
State Ethnic Affairs Commission (China)