🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

一般市民

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ippan shimin

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Ordinary Citizen/ˈɔː.dɪ.nə.ri ˈsɪt.ɪ.zən/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"一般市民として、彼は投票権を持っています。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who is a member of a community or nation, typically without any special privileges or status.

    "As an ordinary citizen, she felt it was her duty to vote in the elections."
  2. 2

    A person who lives in a particular place and is subject to its laws and regulations.

    "The ordinary citizens rallied together to support their local community."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'ordinary' derives from the Latin 'ordinarius', meaning 'regular, usual', which evolved through Old French into Middle English. 'Citizen' comes from the Latin 'civitas', meaning 'city', and has been used in English since the 14th century to denote a member of a city or town.

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