offender; criminal; culprit
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
kanji "person radical" (radical 9)
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (incl. ex-convicts and vagrants); non-human
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
wounded person; injured person
sick person; patient; invalid
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
retainer; vassal; servant
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
five court-musician dolls at the Girl's Festival (in March)
heavenly being; celestial being; celestial nymph; celestial maiden
how many people; a number of people
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
acting inhumanly; inhuman person
many people; everyone; all sorts of people
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
wounded person; injured person
accused; defendant; prisoner at the bar
humanity; sidewalk; footpath; human realm
tremendous strength; (lit.) strength of a hundred people
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards; deck of 200 cards, the 100 waka of the Hyakunin Isshu split between them, to be matched together during the game
number of people; population
joint surety; surety jointly and severally liable; co-maker; co-endorser; co-signer
two persons; two people; pair; couple
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
several people; a few people
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
counsel; defender; advocate
child (esp. one of elementary school age or younger)
(TV) comedian; performer (esp. of a traditional art); entertainer; talented person; accomplished person
good person; virtuous person; good-natured person; gullible person
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
selecting a suitable person; personnel selection
aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank
looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
coolie; laborer; labourer; carrier
same person; said person; the person in question; coterie; clique
playboy; libertine; (professional) gambler; person without a steady job; idler
natural virtue; personal virtue
useless; worthless; half-man (esp. upper body); (arch.) half day (e.g. when working)
guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman
dancer (esp. a bugaku dancer)
serious criminal; heinous criminal
utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil
leading person; foremost figure
person who has been through a lot; worldly-wise person; one who has seen it all
manager; steward; factotum; useful person
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker
negotiator; bargainer; point man
invited witness; unsworn witness; person of interest; voluntary interviewee; expert advisor; consultative expert
ruler of the whole country; person who holds the reins of government
recipient (e.g. of mail); addressee; payee; beneficiary
lover; sweetheart; mistress
several men, several minds; everyone has his own (ideas, tastes, interests, etc.); different strokes for different folks
observer; spectator (e.g. in court); (member of the) public; visitor; audience; gallery
sponsor; manager; caretaker; go-between; mediator; agent
notary public; notary; public notary
professional; person good at a particular job; person who does their job without mistakes
criminal; culprit; offender; rogue
average (ability, looks, etc.); ordinary; normal; run-of-the-mill
mailman; postman; mail carrier; post carrier
best man; groomsman; bridesmaid; second (e.g. in a duel)
emergency case; person that has suddenly taken ill
gambler; yakuza; person without a legitimate job
scum of the earth; monster; fiend
waiter; waitress; waitperson
lowly person; person of low status; commoner
nurse (male or female); personal care attendant
smuggler; bootlegger; illicit dealer; trafficker
land agent; house agent; real estate agent
visitor (esp. at a hospital)
strength of a thousand men; cloth with the character for "strength" written by a thousand men (soldier's charm)
person who looks after a patient
life-saving sword (a killing sword may be a sword of life depending on how it is used)
worshipper; worshiper; visitor (to temple or shrine)
(personal) guarantor; (personal) surety; person providing a character reference
trustee; receiver; administrator
manager; steward; person next in rank to the chief retainer and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period)
person who beheads someone to end a seppuku; assistant; helper
someone who has come to say farewell; those who have come to say farewell; people at a send-off
substitute; deputy; proxy; representative; agent
personal appearance; looks
holder of a title deed; stock holder; lease holder
guarantor; acceptor (e.g. promissory note); underwriter (e.g. stock issue)
Seven Samurai (film by Akira Kurosawa)
person entrusted with someone's money, belongings, land, etc.; person in charge of someone taken into custody
debt collector; bill collector
voter; constituent; elector; presidential elector (US); member of the Electoral College
Shiranami Gonin Otoko (common name for the play Aoto Zōshi Hana no Nishiki-e)
earth and heaven; human and heavenly beings
accused; defendant; prisoner at the bar
street vendor; stallholder; stallkeeper
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
deliveryman; delivery person
administrator of an estate
lodger; boarder; paying guest
hirer; lessee; leaseholder
so many men, so many ways; to each one's own; it takes all sorts to make a world
itinerant (esp. itinerant gambler); drifter; nomad; rover
inhuman person; fiend; beast; brute
remitter; writer of cheque; writer of check
scaffold constructor; steeplejack
litigant; plaintiff; suitor
butcher; slaughterhouse worker
postman; mailman; mail carrier
speaker at a public hearing
to suit one's speech to the audience
chimney sweep; chimney sweeper
indentured servant; articled apprentice
sales agent (esp. in life insurance); recruiter
pious woman; female believer
petitioner; person who prays; beggar-priest
caretaker; claimer; guarantor
middleman; mediator; go-between
assignee; grantee; transferee
some are wise and some are otherwise; (lit.) one thousand with their eyes open; one thousand blind
assistant in a competition (e.g. cockfight, archery, poetry contest); older male in an homosexual relationship
some are wise and some are otherwise; (lit.) one thousand blind; one thousand with their eyes open
being besieged by suitors; to be popular; (lit.) eight suitors for one daughter
intervener; intervening party; third-party intervener
master contractor; prime contactor; general contractor
one who offers prayer in place of another
seedling peddler; nurseryman
auxiliary intervenor (in a lawsuit)
liquidator (e.g. of a corporation)
So many people, so many minds; Everyone has his own ideas and tastes; It takes all sorts to make a world; To each his (her) own
sender; remitter; consignor
low-status samurai without land; low-status farmer without land
accessory before the fact
go-between; intermediate; agent (e.g. for employing servants)
Yama's pole (with a human head on the top)
kanji "legs radical" (radical 10)
rugby sevens; seven-a-side rugby
recommender; nominator; referee
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; hyakunin isshu karuta
person in charge of implementation; executor; enforcer
child in elementary or middle school
applicant; proposer; requestor
felon; serious offender; perpetrator of a grave crime
director; instructor; order (as in payable to order)
government official (esp. one of low to medium rank); public servant
prisoner (for one to three years under the ritsuryō system)
brute; violent criminal; savage
enemy; foe; rival; opponent (e.g. in a competition); opposing party in a lawsuit