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
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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
gentleman; well-bred man; well-educated man; people
sovereign; ruler
lover; mistress
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
mysterious person
(fictional) fusion of human and animal; therianthrope; furry; human beast
human affairs; mundane matters; personnel affairs; human resources; human power; human effort
rickshaw; jinrikisha
population flow; movement of people; flow of people; community mobility
the world
serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel
earthling; earthman; terrestrial; citizen of Earth
master; expert; Meijin (professional title); Meijin (highest title for male players in competitive karuta)
human rights; civil liberties
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; deserted
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
human nature; human heart; human spirit; public feeling; people's sentiments
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
personality; character; individuality; personhood
population; common talk
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
same person; said person; the person in question; coterie; clique; dōjin
many people; everyone; all sorts of people
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
subhuman; demi-human; Argentinian (person); (arch.) American (person)
important person
human face
barbarian; savage
half-man (esp. upper body)
oneself and others
person of refined tastes; sophisticated person; man of the world; understanding person; man about town
Japanese person
Japanese person
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
prisoner; convict
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
person from (the planet of)
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
humanity; sidewalk; footpath
wise man; philosopher; sage
ordinary person
rustic; country bumpkin; ruffian; unrefined person; non-politician; non-government person
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
talented person; clever person
number of persons; personnel
friend; acquaintance
the people; citizens; the populace
private citizen; civilian
aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank
selecting a suitable person; personnel selection
alien (from another planet)
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
the Seven Wise Men (of Greece); the Seven Sages of Greece
human wave attack; human wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
blind person
person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman
fool; idiot
humans and animals; humans and beasts; beast in human form
human work; human agency; art; artificiality
person of little importance; insignificant person; narrow-minded person; child; dwarf
outstanding person; distinguished person; person of high caliber
testimony of a witness
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman; (arch.) consort (of the emperor) of the third rank (ritsuryō system)
individual; private person; personal; natural person
sorcerer; genie; human with supernatural powers
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
race (of people); type of person
woman; lady; adult female
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
caller; visitor; company; guest
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
all people; everybody
military man; warrior; soldier
human body
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
individual of taste
eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
working adult; full-fledged member of society
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
lunatic; madman
person of letters; literary person
entertainer; performer; celebrity; entertainment personality
white person; Caucasian; (arch.) beginner; (arch.) amateur; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
personal connections
personal; inter-personal; anti-personnel (e.g. weapon, mine); anti-human; personal liability (e.g. insurance)
true man
American (person)
personage; person (deserving of respect)
foreigner (esp. a Westerner); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
cripple; disabled person; invalid; (game, internet, etc.) addict
old woman
others; other people
the deceased; the departed; old friend; longtime acquaintance
each person
Japanese person
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
gods and men; godlike person; person as powerful as a god; (arch.) low-ranking Shinto priest
(human) life
great person; eminent figure
Chinese person
Jew; Jewish person
house; dwelling; human habitation
(an) exile; vagrant; wanderer; nomad
person of common sense; common sense man
French person; Frenchman; Frenchwoman
Western person; Westerner
Asian person; Oriental
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
German person
human bones
modern person; people of today
pupil; student; follower
iron man; strong man; (steel-clad) robot
merman; half man-half fish
man of the future; Homo futurus
human speech; human language; sound of people talking
Russian person
natural virtue; personal virtue
human intellect; knowledge
private person; individual
British person; Briton; English person; Englishman; Englishwoman
manned; occupied; piloted
person's name
passer-by; traveler; traveller
queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien
Chinese person
each individual; each person
native; aboriginal
human; personal
Indian (person)
Italian (person)
God and man; heaven and man
what nationality
intellectual
selfless (pious, righteous) man
human flesh
servant; valet; (arch.) someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family; (arch.) low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) ox-tender for oxcarts; (arch.) horse boy
free person; free spirit
the ancients; ancient people
primitive man
Briton; Englishman
civilized person; civilized people
imperial soldier; soldier in an imperial army
native; local
person of culture; cultured person
mountain folk; hermit; word used as part of a pseudonym by artists, writers, etc.
Greek (person)
Greek (person)
cannibalism; anthropophagism
master of the tea ceremony; person with eccentric tastes
villager; village folk; countryfolk
Spaniard; Spanish person
simulation of a person
Korean person (esp. North Korean); Korean people
celebrity; personality; prominent figure
corporation; corporate body; company; legal entity; legal person; juridical person
(ancient) Roman
workman; craftsman; laborer; labourer; artisan
racial discrimination; racism
public character
great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted
in company; among people; philtrum
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
Tibetan (person)
European (person)
the people; the public
Portuguese (person)
lover; sweetheart; mistress
scoundrel; ruffian; villain
Dutchman; Dutchwoman
private individual
person from the Kansai region; Kansai native
herder; herdsman; shepherd
nice person; good-natured person
Briton; Englishman
person in the business (entertainment, music, film, etc.)
number of people; population; human head
islander
Mongol (person)
human usage; (for) use by people
Asian (person)
musician (esp. Gagaku)
city dweller
man of the world; man about town; dilettante; well-informed person
Arabian (person); Arab
Jōmon people
(female) beauty; beautiful woman
puppet; doll
non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin
fellow countryman; compatriot; person from the same province; person from said country
Chinese person; (arch.) foreigner
American (person)
cosmopolitan; world citizen
foreigner; alien; stranger
Egyptian (person)
humanism; humanitarianism
modern man; modern person; modernist
South Korean person
Irish person; Irishman; Irishwoman
occupant of a house; family member; household member (incl. servants)
human nature; instinct; humanity; humanism
primitive man
this world; life
financier; business leader
Chinese person (esp. Han Chinese)
barbarian; savage; savage (primitive) people (race)
Arab; Arabian (person)
religious corporation; religious juridical person
Osakan (person)
Brazilian person
saint; person well-balanced morally and intellectually
person from the same province, town, village, etc.
professional; careerman; worker
Swiss person
Kyotoite; Kyoto person
predecessor; people of former times
Taiwanese person; Taiwanese people
person of virtue; great person; giant; adult; exalted person
humanity; civilization; civilisation; culture
humanity; civilization; civilisation; culture
Polander; Pole; Polish
the people; the public
American (person)
Ryukyuan (person)
Mongol; Mongolian
Germanic peoples
person of culture; educated person; highbrow
behind others; losing out to others
residents of the capital; townsfolk
contemporaries
life-saving sword (a killing sword may be a sword of life depending on how it is used)
Gaulish people; (a) Gaul
husband; good person
world of man
Chinese and Korean people who settled in ancient Japan and introduced culture and technology from continental Asia (4th-7th centuries CE)
person who beheads someone to end a seppuku; assistant; helper
present-day people; people of this world
naturalized citizen; naturalised citizen; immigrant to ancient Japan from China or Korea
Mexican (person)
Thai; person from Thailand
Scot; Scottish person
incorporated nonprofit organization
dunce; fool; idiot
subjects; retainers
Danish person; Danes; Dane
sovereignty of the people
humanities; arts
Serb; Serbian person
Austrian (person)
Persian person
samurai; person of extensive learning; person of great culture; person of superior social standing
English person; Englishman; Englishwoman
humanities; arts
Colombian (person)
Swede; Swedish person
Celt; Celtic person
Japanese corporation; Japanese subsidiary (of a foreign corporation)
human excrement; night soil
Norman; the Normans
Briton (celtic inhabitant of historical Britain)
Canadian (person)
Vietnamese (person)
person of ability; person of high calibre; talented individual
Korean person
signs of human habitation
family-oriented man
barbarian; savage; foreigner
man of virtue; humanitarian
Welsh person; Welshman; Welshwoman
townsfolk; resident (of a town); merchant
heaven, earth and man
Iranian (person)
painter; artist
Belgian (person)
tableau vivant
Yayoi people
independent administrative institution; independent administrative agency
personal appearance; looks
biographical dictionary
Semite (speaker of a Semitic language, esp. Jews and Arabs)
Kantō native; person from Kantō
(dyed-in-the-wool) party member; party man; party woman
avid reader
Tatar (person)
Hungarian (person); Magyar
Homo economicus; economic human; financial expert; businessperson
Dane; Danish person
country dweller
nonreligious wedding ceremony; civil wedding ceremony
country dweller
person from Tōhoku; Tōhokuite
depersonalization
lookout; watch; person on guard
French person; Frenchman; Frenchwoman
medical corporation
Australian person
Croat; Croatian
Finn; Finnish person
great person; outstanding talent; hero
Sumerian (person)
Czech (person)
people living on Honshu; mainland Japanese; Japanese people (as opposed to the people of the colonies of the Empire of Japan)
stone image of people
human sensor; motion detector
natural person; person unspoiled by civilization; noble savage; natural person; physical person
Chaldean (person)
Slav (person)
Slav (person)
cave dweller; caveman
farmer; peasant
extraordinary person; genius
healthy person
(a) Philistine; Philistine people
Nordic person; Scandinavian; Northern European
damn Westerner; (lit.) hairy foreigner
Nagoyan; person from Nagoya
Dutchman; Dutchwoman
Ancient Greek (person)
adult woman who likes comics about male homosexual love
Manchu person; Manchu people; Manchurian
personal; individual
Iraqi (person)
native of a prefecture
paleoanthropic man (e.g. Neanderthal)
Hong Konger; Hongkonger; person from Hong Kong
Kyūshū native; person from Kyūshū
go-between; intermediary; person of middling ability, talent, etc.; average person; middle-class person
cineast; someone who works in the movie industry
Malaysian person; Malay person
Okinawan person
person from Hokkaido; Hokkaido native
internationally minded person; cosmopolitan; cosmopolite; international celebrity
nationals and foreigners
manpower reduction; personnel saving
Nepalese person; Nepali
The Flying Dutchman (opera by Wagner, 1843)
Armenian (person)
Koryo-saram (ethnic Koreans of the former Soviet Union)
Carthaginian (person)
human life span; human lifespan
faculty of humanities; school of humanities
capable person; talented person
earth and heaven; human and heavenly beings
last man (Nietzsche's archetypal passive nihilist)
human desires; human passions
wanderer; vagabond; capricious person; hobo
Norwegian (person)
South African (person)
Russian person
native; citizen
British and American people; the British and the Americans
baseball player
reporter; mediaperson
Indonesian (person)
Kyrgyz (person)
mainlander; person from the mainland
ethnic Chinese (living abroad, esp. with non-Chinese citizenship); overseas Chinese
Romanian (person)
craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter
national of a third country; foreigner (esp. Chinese and Korean) resident in Japan
foreigner; expatriate
Ainu person
Pakistani (person)
Nigerian (person)
Myanmarese (person); Burmese
nonreligious wedding ceremony; civil wedding ceremony
Sinhalese people; Sinhalese person
stage performer; theatre performer (theater); theatre actor; stage actor
East Asian (person)
Korean person
soldier at the front
chef; head cook
elder; senior; wife's father; father-in-law
Hawaiian person
Ethiopian (person)
person who spends a lot of time in their study; armchair expert
stupid person
sage; morally perfect person; highly virtuous person
Middle Easterner (person)
Kyoto inhabitant
directory; name list
Fleming; Flemish person
social welfare service corporation
Finns (ethnic group); Finnish people
Afghan (person)
Syrian (person)
postman; mailman; mail carrier
worldly honors; worldly honours
biographical dictionary
biographical notes and character sketches of prominent individuals, arranged according to place of birth or origin
inhabitants of the main island; native inhabitants of Taiwan (in contrast to Japanese colonists)
national of a third country; foreigner resident in Japan (esp. Chinese and Korean)
Korean (person)
prevailing mood of a locality; emotional climate of a district
Etruscan (person)
person from one's own province (in China); person whose ancestors lived in Taiwan before the Kuomintang-related immigration wave
troublesome foreigner
Chilean (person)
Scythian people; Scythian
dressmaker's dummy; dress form; mannequin
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
national of a third country; foreigner resident in Japan (esp. Chinese and Korean)
common man
I; me
Kashmiri (people)
Epistle to the Corinthians (comprising two books of the Bible)
person of mixed race; mestizo
Somali (person)
Argentinian (person); Argentine
Magyar (person); Hungarian
Magyar (person); Hungarian
progenitor
personal pronoun
Melanesian (people)
Malagasy person
human brain
Sri Lankan (person)
Beijing resident; Beijinger
villain; scoundrel
human habitation
Levite; member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi (who served a religious function)
North Korean person
assistant in a competition (e.g. cockfight, archery, poetry contest); older male in an homosexual relationship
entertainer
national; citizen; native
Lapp people
fortune teller; diviner
Congo person; Congolese; Kongo person; Bakongo person
Laotian person
Kenyan (person)
Italian (person)
Denisovan; Denisova hominin
personal damage (as opposed to property damage); personal injury
public corporation; juridical person
wanted criminal
person's rank
person and place name
street sweeper (person)
nonconformist; free-thinker
pastoral poet
straw figure
foreign corporation
affiant (person who executes an affidavit)
Parsi (adherent of Zoroastrianism, esp. descendants of those who fled to India to escape persecution in Persia); Parsee
Piltdown man (manufactured fossil of a fraudulent ape-human missing link, Eoanthropus dawsoni)
Epistle to the Hebrews (book of the Bible)
Epistle to the Galatians (book of the Bible)
Homo heidelbergensis
Caucasian person
person from outside one's own province (in China); person who moved to Taiwan from the continent after WWII; mainlander
Brazilian (person)
carefree person; person living at his ease
English-speaking person; foreigner
Korean person
Liujiang man; one of the earliest modern humans found in East Asia
Edo-period realm of the Japanese (as opposed to the Ainu) in southern Hokkaido
artificial language
person-year; man-year
person from outside the prefecture; people from other prefectures
Anthropocene
Korean (person)
Kofun people; people of the Kofun period
Bangladeshi (person)
National University Corporation Act
domestic corporation; corporation established under domestic law
Venezuelan (person)
Hazara (person)
Tajik (person)
hobbyist; person with many interests; dilettante
barbarian from the north and west of China; Sogdian; native of Sogdiana
subterranean humanoids (in fiction); mole people
private corporation; private incorporated body
The Master of Go (1951 novel by Yasunari Kawabata)
The Improvisatore (1835 novel by Hans Christian Andersen)
Wajinden (passages in Records of the Three Kingdoms describing the Wa people)
Western European (esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese); (lit.) southern barbarian
Westerner (esp. a Dutchman)
government official (esp. one of low to medium rank); public servant
Emishi; non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan
enemy; foe; rival; opponent (e.g. in a competition); opposing party in a lawsuit
warrior; combatant; soldier
Examples (15 in total)
Are you Ukrainian?
Bostonians love their city.
I'm proud to be Québecois.