たみ

たみ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
民

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) た​み [táꜜmì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ta̠mʲi]

Noun

たみ • (tami) 

1. citizen
   • 2004 May 1, Izawa, Hiroshi; Yamada, Kotaro, “第(だい)28(にじゅうはち)話(わ)　揺(ゆ)れる王(おう)国(こく) [Chapter 28: The Kingdom Shaken]”, in ファイアーエムブレム 覇者の剣 [Fire Emblem: Sword of Champions], volume 7 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 142:

     国(くに)は民(たみ)のもの　民(たみ)を忘(わす)れた貴(き)族(ぞく)たちこそ許(ゆる)してはいけない　彼(かれ)らに…容(よう)赦(しゃ)など必(ひつ)要(よう)ありません

     Kuni wa tami no mono Tami o wasureta kizoku-tachi koso yurushite wa ikenai Karera ni… yōsha nado hitsuyō arimasen

     A nation belongs to its people. Those nobles who neglect their people will not be tolerated. We shall show them… no mercy.

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN