Word Meaning 難民

なんみん nammin

難民 is read as なんみん (nammin) and means refugee.

Meaning

English

  1. refugee
  2. displaced person
  3. person inconvenienced by (lack of something, etc.)
  4. person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
  5. person who is stuck (in a place or situation)

Reading

Kana

なんみん

Romaji

nammin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Rank 2521 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

難民認定

なんみんにんてい

refugee status determination

難民流出

なんみんりゅうしゅつ

outflow of refugees

難民危機

なんみんきき

refugee crisis

ランチ難民

らんちなんみん

worker who does not have time to eat lunch

政治難民

せいじなんみん

political refugee

ネカフェ難民

ねかふぇなんみん

net cafe refugee

経済難民

けいざいなんみん

economic refugee

買い物難民

かいものなんみん

someone unable to fulfil their shopping needs (esp. in areas of depopulation or due to lack of transport)

帰宅難民

きたくなんみん

person stranded due to mass transit disruptions after an earthquake, etc.

難民条約

なんみんじょうやく

Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees

Example Sentences

9

I'm a refugee.

The refugees struggled against hunger.

We furnished the refugees with blankets.

The refugees took shelter in a Red Cross refugee camp.

He donated $10000 to the refugee fund.

The refugees were living in a narrow, squalid backstreet.

They did a good deed in helping refugees.

That boat was full of refugees from Cuba.

On the faces of the grief-stricken refugees appeared a faint smile.