難民

• 読み: なんみん
• ローマ字: nanmin
• 漢字の分解: 難 (nan) — difficult, hardship; 民 (min) — people, citizen
• 発音: /naɴ.miɴ/

意味

Refugee; displaced person. Someone forced to flee their country due to war, persecution, or disaster.

A noun used in political, humanitarian, and news contexts. Common collocations include 難民キャンプ (refugee camp), 難民申請 (asylum application), and 難民受け入れ (refugee acceptance). In colloquial modern Japanese, it is also used humorously in compounds like 帰宅難民 (people stranded and unable to get home, e.g. after an earthquake) and ランチ難民 (people who cannot find a place to eat lunch).

例文

1. 戦争で多くの難民が隣国に逃れた。
2. 難民キャンプでの生活は非常に厳しいものだ。
3. 大地震の後、帰宅難民が駅にあふれた。

使い方ガイド

場面: news, politics, humanitarian, social issues

トーン: serious

起源と歴史

From 難 (nan, difficulty/hardship) + 民 (min, people). Literally 'people in hardship,' directly describing the plight of those displaced by catastrophe or conflict.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal