じん
Meanings
Suffix
1. -ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite)
indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.
2. -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...
indicates expertise (in a certain field)
3. man; person; people
usu. in compound words
Pitch accent
じ
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Used in vocabulary (529 in total)
mankind; humanity
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
(one's) life
Examples (15 in total)
Are you Ukrainian?
Bostonians love their city.
I'm proud to be Québecois.
Shakespeare was a contemporary of Marlowe.
Tom is not a true Scotsman.
Bach and Handel were contemporaries.
I'm neither an Athenian nor a Greek.
"Are you Russian?" "No, I'm Slovakian."
I am Berber and I speak Berber.
The ancient Romans founded colonies throughout Europe.
Many industrialists have expressed their concern about the economy.
When the battle ended, not a Texan was left alive.
The Inca took baths more often than Europeans.
He, like most Incas, believed this story.
The Ugandans depend on their coffee crop to bring money into the country.