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民間

Reading

Kana: みんかん
Romaji: minkan
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

private; civilian; civil; popular; folk; unofficial

Kanji

Readings: ミン、 たみ
Meanings: people, nation, subjects
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space

Example Sentences

今度(こんど)税金(ぜいきん)(すべ)ての民間(みんかん)企業(きぎょう)適用(てきよう)される。
➥This tax is applied to all private-sector enterprises.
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民間(みんかん)企業(きぎょう)(たい)する投資(とうし)をもっと(みと)めてほしい。
➥I'm eager to be allowed to do more private-sector investment.
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この論文(ろんぶん)では、ドイツとオランダの民間(みんかん)伝承(でんしょう)比較(ひかく)する。
➥In this paper, I compare the folklores of Germany and Holland.
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民間機(みんかんき)軍事的(ぐんじてき)領域(りょういき)侵犯(しんぱん)したとのことです。
➥A commercial airplane allegedly violated military airspace.
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(しま)民間(みんかん)伝承(でんしょう)はいまだにそのいかだの(はなし)(つた)えている。
➥Island folklore still recounts the story of the raft.
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合衆国(がっしゅうこく)では2(おく)1600(まん)(ちょう)もの鉄砲類(てっぽうるい)が、民間(みんかん)()にあるという。
➥In the U.S., as many as 216 million firearms are said to be in private hands.
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