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人口
jinkou
Description
「人口」は、ある国や町に住んでいる人の数のことです。
"人口" means the number of people living in a certain country or town.
ニュースや学校でよく使われる言葉で、「人口が増える」「人口が減る」のように言います。
It is a word often used in news and school, said like "人口が増える" (population increases) or "人口が減る" (population decreases).
Meanings
人口jinkou
the number of people living in a place; population
日本の人口は少しずつ減っています。
Japan's population is gradually decreasing.
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Notes
- Etymology
人 (person) + 口 (mouth), literally 'mouths to feed', meaning population.
- Nuance
Used for statistics of people; 人数 is the count of a specific group.
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