皆

みな

Also written みんな

Meanings

1. Noun, Pronoun, Adverb everyone; everybody; all (みんな is less formal and more emphatic)
2. Noun, Adverb everything; all

Kanji

• 皆 all. Read as みな.

Example sentences

• なぜみんなが私のことを気違いだと思うのか、遂に説明してくれてありがとう。
  Thanks for having explained to me at last why people take me for an idiot.
• みんなあなたに会いたがってる。あなたは有名なのよ！
  Everyone wants to meet you. You're famous!
• それらはみんな同じかい？
  Are they all the same?
• 人生で知らなきゃいけない事は、みんな雪だるまから学んだ。
  All I need to know about life, I learned from a snowman.
• 君はみんなの意表をついたね。
  You surprised everybody.

Common phrases

• みんながみんな each and all
• みんなして everyone at once

Words containing 皆

• 皆殺し (みなごろし) massacre
• 皆々様 (みなみなさま) Ladies and Gentlemen!
• 皆の衆 (みなのしゅう) everybody

And 6 more.

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