庶民 (Shomin) is a Japanese noun meaning “common people, ordinary people, masses”.
Meanings
- nouncommon people; ordinary people; masses
Examples
庶民のなりわいは、米をつくることだった。
The ordinary people had their livelihood in farming rice.
「どこの迷信よ、それ」「庶民の知恵を言ってくれ」
"Where's that superstition from?" "Call it folk wisdom."
庶民はまるで羊のように独裁者の後ろにしたがった。
The people followed the dictator like so many sheep.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).