町人
ちょうにん chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople
Why it means this
町 (town) + 人 (a person) — a townsperson; the Edo-period merchant-and-artisan class (町人文化).
Breakdown
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