民衆

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 民衆 is a noun read みんしゅう, collectively referring to the people or ordinary members of society.
• Basic usage: Use 民衆を描く for portraying the common people and 広場に集まった民衆 for a crowd gathered in a square.
  • その芝居は苦しい暮らしに耐える民衆を描いています。 describes a play portraying ordinary people enduring difficult lives; 広場に集まった民衆が新しい指導者の話を聞きました。 describes the people gathered in the square listening to the new leader speak.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 民衆を描く
  • を marks the ordinary people portrayed by the play.
• 民衆が聞く
  • が marks the gathered people as the group listening to the leader.
• 暮らしに耐える
  • に marks the difficult living conditions that the people endure.