難民|なんみんnanmin[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounrefugee; displaced person
    難民なんみんは食たべるものをくれと要求ようきゅうした。↗
    The boat people asked for food.
  2. noun (suffix)person inconvenienced by (lack of something, etc.); person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.); person who is stuck (in a place or situation)
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related亡命者ぼうめいしゃWrittenWritten/formal prose. Refers to an exile who has fled abroad, often for political reasons; 「難民」 centers on people displaced by war or disaster.
  • Related落人おちうどWrittenWritten/formal prose. A defeated soldier on the run, used mostly in historical contexts like 「平家の落人」; 「難民」 is someone displaced by war or disaster.

For people displaced by war or disaster, use 「難民」; it also covers figurative uses like 「買い物難民」 (someone who can't shop easily for lack of nearby stores). Political exiles are 「亡命者」; 「落人」 is a defeated soldier on the run, in historical contexts.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 自然しぜん災害さいがいや紛争ふんそうなどのために移住いじゅうせざるを得えなくなった住民じゅうみん。
  2. 行いきどころのない人ひと。適切てきせつな受け入うけいれ先さきが見みつからない人ひと。
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