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
Kanji used
person
Pitch accent
Top 1700
Used in vocabulary (447 in total)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
(one's) life
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
mankind; humanity
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
individual; private person; personal; private
(fictional) fusion of human and animal; therianthrope; furry; human beast
Japanese person; Japanese people
Japanese person; Japanese people
military personnel; soldier
personality; character; individuality; personhood
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
race (of people); type of person
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
woman; lady; adult female
talented person; clever person
subhuman; demi-human; Argentinian (person); (arch.) American (person)
subhuman; demi-human; Argentinian (person); (arch.) American (person)
population; common talk
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
mysterious person
number of persons; personnel
caller; visitor; company; guest
lover; mistress
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
military man
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
benefactor; patron
friend; acquaintance
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
eccentric; crank; oddball
person from (the planet of)
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
working adult; full-fledged member of society
the people; citizens; the populace
master; expert
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
lunatic; madman
earthling; earthman
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
individual of taste
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
person of letters; literary person
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (e.g. Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
private citizen; civilian
performer; entertainer; celebrity
important person
white person; Caucasian; (arch.) beginner; (arch.) amateur; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
personal connections
humanity; sidewalk; footpath; human realm
personal; inter-personal
American person
aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
personnel selection
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
others; other people
human rights; civil liberties
the deceased; the departed
each person
same person; said person; the person in question; coterie; clique; dōjin
Japanese person
gods and men; godlike person; person as powerful as a god; (arch.) low-ranking Shinto priest
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
(human) life
Jew; Jewish person
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
alien (from another planet)
great person; eminent figure
house; dwelling; human habitation
(an) exile; vagrant; wanderer; nomad
Frenchman; Frenchwoman
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
Asian people; Orientals
person of common sense; common sense man
German person
pupil; student; follower
modern person; people of today
iron man; strong man
human bones
mountain folk; hermit; mountain wizard; word used as part of a pseudonym by artists, writers, etc.
wise man; philosopher; sage
Russian person
man of the future; Homo futurus
barbarian; savage
British person
human speech
natural virtue; personal virtue
passer-by; traveler; traveller
private person; individual
person's name
human intellect; knowledge
manned; occupied; piloted
queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak
foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
native; aboriginal
human; personal
each individual; each person
Italian (person)
the Seven Wise Men (of Greece); the Seven Sages of Greece
Chinese person
God and man; heaven and man
what nationality
selfless (pious, righteous) man
human flesh
blind person
human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
ordinary person
human intellect; knowledge
free person; free spirit
the ancients; ancient people
Briton; Englishman; (the) English
person of culture; cultured person
civilized person; civilized people
corporate body; corporation; (legal) person; (juridical) person
person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman
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 Ritsuryo system); (arch.) ox-tender for oxcarts; (arch.) horse boy
simulation of a person
villager; village folk; countryfolk
Korean person (esp. North Korean); Korean people
cannibalism; anthropophagism
the people; the public
many people; everyone; all sorts of people
workman; craftsman; laborer; labourer; artisan
racial discrimination; racism
celebrity; personality; prominent figure
master of the tea ceremony; person with eccentric tastes
in company; among people; philtrum; vertical groove between the nose and the upper lip
public character
great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
European (person)
Greek (person)
lover; sweetheart; mistress
rustic; country bumpkin; ruffian; unrefined person; non-politician; non-government person
Dutchman; Dutchwoman
shepherd; herdsman
human usage; (for) use by people
private individual
number of people; population; human head
Briton; Englishman
person from the Kansai region
nice person; good-natured person
person in the business (entertainment, music, film, etc.)
rickshaw; jinrikisha
Chinese person; (arch.) foreigner
humans and animals; humans and beasts; beast in human form
musician (esp. Gagaku)
Arabian (person); Arab
puppet; doll
man of the world; man about town; dilettante; well-informed person
(female) beauty; beautiful woman
non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin
gentleman; well-bred man; well-educated man; people
fellow countryman; compatriot; person from the same province; person from said country
cosmopolitan; world citizen
scoundrel; ruffian; villain
Egyptian (person)
humanism; humanitarianism
modern man; modern person; modernist
foreigner; alien; stranger
Greek (person)
South Korean person
human nature; instinct; humanity; humanism
occupant of a house; family member; household member (incl. servant)
predecessor; people of former times
half-human, half-beast; therianthropic
American person
Chinese person (esp. Han Chinese)
scoundrel; ruffian; villain
this world; life
primitive man
financier; business leader
(arch.) Japanese person
barbarian; savage; savage (primitive) people (race)
saint; person well-balanced morally and intellectually
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
Brazilian person
religious organization; religious organisation
sovereign; ruler
professional; careerman; worker
person from the same province, town, village, etc.
humanity; civilization; civilisation; culture
humanity; civilization; civilisation; culture
Taiwanese person; Taiwanese people
the people; the public
Polander; Pole; Polish
residents of the capital; townsfolk
Mongol; Mongolian
Germanic peoples
contemporaries
person of culture; educated person; highbrow
behind others; losing out to others
personage; person (deserving of respect)
world of man
people from overseas, especially from China and Korea, who settled in early Japan and introduced continental culture to the Japanese
present-day people; people of this world
person of refined tastes; sophisticated person; man of the world; understanding person; man about town
naturalized citizen; naturalised citizen
Mexican (person)
Thai; person from Thailand
subjects; retainers
person who beheads somebody to end a seppuku; assistant; helper
signs of human habitation
Scot; Scottish person
husband; good person
incorporated nonprofit organization
Danish person; Danes; Dane
sovereignty of the people
dunce; fool; idiot
Persian person
Serb; Serbian person
samurai; person of extensive learning; person of great culture; person of superior social standing
humanities; social sciences; liberal arts
townsfolk; resident (of a town); merchant
person of virtue; great person; giant; adult; exalted person
Norman; the Normans
Briton (celtic inhabitant of historical Britain)
Canadian (person)
Celt; Celtic person
life-saving sword (a killing sword may be a sword of life depending on how it is used)
person of ability; person of high calibre; talented individual
Vietnamese (person)
man of virtue; humanitarian
barbarian; savage; foreigner
painter; artist
Semite (speaker of a Semitic language, esp. Jews and Arabs)
independent administrative corporation (institution, agency)
(dyed-in-the-wool) party member; party man; party woman
biographical dictionary
heaven, earth and man
country dweller
lookout; watch; person on guard
depersonalization
Homo economicus; economic human; financial expert; businessperson
person from Tōhoku; Tōhokuite
French person
great person; outstanding talent; hero
Sumerian (person)
Gaulish people; (a) Gaul
Czech (person)
people living on Honshu; mainland Japanese; Japanese people (as opposed to the people of the colonies of the Empire of Japan)
child in elementary or middle school; go-between; intermediary; (arch.) person of middling talent, strength, etc.; (arch.) middle-class person; (arch.) bourgeois person
Chaldean (person)
natural person (e.g. one unspoilt by civilization, civilisation)
stone image of people
farmer; peasant
extraordinary person; genius
cave dweller; caveman
(a) Philistine; Philistine people
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
damn Westerner; (lit.) hairy foreigner
Dutch people
native of a prefecture
Northern European (person); Nordic person; Scandinavian
personal; individual
adult woman who likes comics about male homosexual love
Manchu person; Manchu people; Manchurian
Hong Konger; person from Hong Kong
ethnic Chinese (living abroad, esp. with non-Chinese citizenship); overseas Chinese
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
Malaysian person; Malay person
paleoanthropic man (e.g. Neanderthal)
directory; name list
cineast; someone who works in the movie industry
internationally-minded person; cosmopolitan; cosmopolite; international celebrity
capable person; talented person
nationals and foreigners
manpower reduction; personnel saving
Carthaginian (person)
human life span; human lifespan
earth and heaven; human and heavenly beings
faculty of humanities
wanderer; vagabond; capricious person; hobo
human desires; human passions
Indonesian (person)
Kyrgyz (person)
mainlander; person from the mainland
reporter; mediaperson
Englishmen and Americans
oneself and others
Ainu person
foreigner; expatriate
national of a third country; foreigner (esp. Chinese and Korean) resident in Japan
Russian person
Sinhalese people; Sinhalese person
personal appearance; looks
nonreligious wedding ceremony; civil wedding ceremony
outstanding person
Hawaiian person
elder; senior; wife's father; father-in-law
chef; head cook
Middle Easterner (person)
testimony of a witness
Fleming; Flemish person
Finns (ethnic group); Finnish people
Afghan (person)
Epistle to the Romans (book of the Bible)
Kyoto inhabitant
eccentric; crank; oddball
worldly honors; worldly honours
Etruscan (person)
foreigner; gaijin
national of a third country; foreigner resident in Japan (esp. Chinese and Korean)
postman; mailman; mail carrier
biographical dictionary
Kashmiri (people)
Epistle to the Corinthians (comprising two books of the Bible)
my humble self
person from one's own province (China); person whose ancestors lived in Taiwan before the Kuomintang-related immigration wave
person of mixed race; mestizo
Russian person
Melanesian (people)
human brain
progenitor
Levite; member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi (who served a religious function)
Lapp people
prevailing mood of a locality; emotional climate of a district
assistant in a duel (e.g. a cockfight, poetry contest, etc.) (Heian period); older male in an homosexual relationship
person's rank
human habitation
villain; scoundrel
fortune teller; diviner
national; citizen; native
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
each individual; each person
human sensor; motion detector
Hong Konger; person from Hong Kong
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)
Homo heidelbergensis
Caucasian person
Korean person
Korean (person)
person-year; man-year
carefree person; person living at his ease
Epistle to the Hebrews (book of the Bible)
Epistle to the Galatians (book of the Bible)
Brazilian (person)
straw figure
inhabitants of main island
person and place name
Edo-period realm of the Japanese (as opposed to the Ainu) in southern Hokkaido
public corporation; juridical person
person from outside one's own province (China); person who moved to Taiwan from the continent after WWII; mainlander
person from outside the prefecture; people from other prefectures
nonconformist; free-thinker
artificial language
English-speaking person; foreigner
Kofun people; people of the Kofun period
affiant (person who executes an affidavit)
Liujiang man; one of the earliest modern humans found in East Asia
government official (esp. one of low to medium rank); public servant
Westerner (esp. the Dutch)
Western European (esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese); (lit.) southern barbarian
Examples (28 in total)
Are you Ukrainian?
She is Portuguese.
Bostonians love their city.