たみ

Japanese

Alternative spelling
民

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

たみ • (tami) 

1. citizen
   • 2004 May 1, Izawa, Hiroshi with Yamada, Kotaro, “第(だい)28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.