(shuu)

masses, great number, the people

  • JLPT N1
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Meaning

(しゅう, shuu) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “masses, great number, the people”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

民主主義はアメリカ合衆国の基盤をなす思想である。

Democracy is the founding ideology (literally: the ideology that constitutes the foundation) of the United States of America.

一部の過激派は別として、一般大衆は民主化を望んでいる。

Except for a few extremists, the general public wants democratization.

民衆は軍事政権の弾圧をものともせず、デモ行進を続けた。

The people continued their demonstrations in defiance of the military government's oppression.

せっかく 講演こうえんをしに行ったのに、 聴衆ちょうしゅうが少なく、がっかりした。

I went all the way to give a lecture, but the audience was so small that I felt discouraged.