みんな

みんな means "everyone" or "all." A casual, everyday word.

Politeness scale

• みんな: casual/informal
• 皆(みな)さん: polite
• 皆様(みなさま): very polite/formal/honorific

Common patterns

• みんなで: all together, with everyone
• みんなに: to everyone
• みんなが: everyone (subject)
• みんなの: everyone's

Common expressions

• みんなで行(い)こう: Let's all go together
• みんな知(し)っている: Everyone knows
• みんなに伝(つた)える: to tell everyone
• みんなで協力(きょうりょく)する: to cooperate together

Writing

Can also be written as 皆(みんな) with kanji, though hiragana is more common in casual writing.