国人|こくじんkokujin

1. nounindigenous person; inhabitant of a country
2. nounlocal; native
3. nounlocal lords and samurai
4. noundaimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)

• Synonym本国人ほんごくじんNeutralNeutral: a person born in the country holding its nationality, the opposite of 「外国人」. 「国人」 can also mean this, but is now mostly historical, for local warrior lords.
• Related国民こくみんNeutralNeutral: the everyday word for a country's citizens, by far the most common. 「国人」 can also mean a native, but is mainly historical, for local warriors.
• Related民たみWrittenWritten/formal prose: the people or common folk of a state or municipality. 「国人」 leans toward the historical local magnates rather than the populace at large.
• Related人民じんみんFormalFormal: the people, used mostly in political contexts. 「国人」 is largely a historical term for local warrior lords, though it can also mean a native of the country.
• Related公民こうみんFormalFormal: citizens with the rights and duties of political participation; also the school subject civics. 「国人」 is mostly a historical term.
• Related臣民しんみんWrittenWritten/formal prose: subjects who owe absolute obedience to a monarch. 「国人」 instead points to the local warrior lords of history.
• Antonym外国人がいこくじんNeutralNeutral: a foreigner — someone without the nationality of the country where they live or stay, the direct counterpart of 「本国人」.

For modern citizens use 「国民」, for natives of a country 「本国人」; 「民」 is written prose for the common people, 「人民」 formal political usage, 「公民」 formal for citizens with political rights. 「国人」 is chiefly historical, for local warrior lords; its opposite is 「外国人」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 律令制りつりょうせいの国衙こくがでその地ちの在庁ざいちょう官人かんにん。
2. 在地ざいちの有力ゆうりょく武士ぶし。また、有力ゆうりょく領主りょうしゅ。
3. 国民こくみん。