難民(なんみん)

なんみん
noun
refugee
1. refugee
A person who has been forced to leave their country due to war, persecution, or natural disaster.
難民(なんみん)を受(う)け入(い)れる。
To accept refugees.
戦争(せんそう)で多(おお)くの難民(なんみん)が生(う)まれた。
The war created many refugees.
難民(なんみん)キャンプで生活(せいかつ)している。
They are living in a refugee camp.
国連(こくれん)は難民(なんみん)を助(たす)けるために食料(しょくりょう)を送(おく)った。
The United Nations sent food to help the refugees.
隣(となり)の国(くに)から逃(に)げてきた難民(なんみん)の数(かず)は年々(ねんねん)増(ふ)えており、住(す)む場所(ばしょ)の確保(かくほ)が大(おお)きな問題(もんだい)になっている。
The number of refugees fleeing from the neighboring country has been increasing year by year, and securing places to live has become a major problem.

難民(なんみん) refers to people displaced by war, persecution, or disaster. Composed of 難(なん) (difficulty) + 民(みん) (people).

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • 難民(なんみん)キャンプ: refugee camp
  • 難民(なんみん)申請(しんせい): refugee application
  • 難民(なんみん)認定(にんてい): refugee status recognition
  • 難民(なんみん)を受(う)け入(い)れる: to accept refugees

INFORMAL USAGE:
In casual Japanese, ～難民(なんみん) is used humorously to mean someone unable to find something: 買(か)い物(もの)難民(なんみん) (someone with no nearby shops), ランチ難民(なんみん) (someone who can't find a lunch spot).

RELATED WORDS:

  • 移民(いみん): immigrant (voluntary relocation)
  • 亡命者(ぼうめいしゃ): exile, defector
  • 庇護(ひご): asylum

Related Words

Related: 移民(いみん) (immigrant)
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Added 2026.1.16 14:20 · Revised 2026.3.27 12:48
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