公民|こうみんkoumin[0]heiban (flat)

1. nouncitizen
2. nouncivics (school subject)

• Synonym国民こくみんWrittenWritten/formal prose. Read 「くにたみ」, it is archaic and means the people of a country; 「公民」 stresses holding political rights and duties.
• Synonym市民しみんNeutralNeutral. Means city residents, and by extension citizens who take part in society; 「公民」 stresses legal rights and duties.
• Antonym外国人がいこくじんNeutralNeutral. The opposite of 「公民」 in terms of nationality: a person who does not hold that country's nationality.

Use 「公民」 for citizens with political rights and duties and for the school subject, as in 「公民権」 and 「公民の授業」. For city residents use 「市民」, for the people of a country 「国民」; the antonym is 「外国人」.

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1. 政治せいじに参加さんかする権利けんりや義務ぎむのある国民こくみん。
2. 律令制りつりょうせいで、口分田くもだを受うけ戸籍こせきに登録とうろくされて租税そぜいを納おさめる義務ぎむのある者もの。
3. 日本にっぽんの高等学校こうとうがっこうの一いち教科きょうか。また中学校ちゅうがっこう社会科しゃかいかの一いち分野ぶんや。