にん
Meanings
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1. counter for people
Kanji used
person
Pitch accent
Top 400
Used in vocabulary (313 in total)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
three people
two persons; two people; pair; couple
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
offender; criminal; culprit
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
adult; grown-up
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
four people
three people
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
employee; servant
how many people; a number of people
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
several people; a few people
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
government official
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
corpse; dead person
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
sick person; patient; invalid
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
accused; defendant; prisoner at the bar
wounded person; injured person
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
client; requester
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
counsel; defender; advocate
peddler; pedlar; hawker
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
guard; watchman
entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
manager; executive
good person; virtuous person
guide (on a tour, etc.)
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; sidewalk; footpath; human realm
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank
retainer; vassal; servant
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy
poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent
others; other people
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
same person; said person; the person in question; coterie; clique; dōjin
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
coolie; laborer; labourer; carrier
playboy; libertine; (professional) gambler; person without a steady job; idler
wounded person; injured person
dancer (esp. a bugaku dancer)
guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman
witness; observer
natural virtue; personal virtue
servant; employee
utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil
scum of the earth; monster; fiend
manager; steward; factotum; useful person
leading person; foremost figure
how many people
offender; criminal
worldly-wise man
wounded person; injured person
ronin; masterless samurai
tremendous strength; (lit.) strength of a hundred people
how many people
street performer (comedian)
person given as a reference; witness; potential suspect; person of interest; witness
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker
(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards
ruler of the whole country; person who holds the reins of government
many people; everyone; all sorts of people
negotiator; bargainer; point man
in company; among people; philtrum; vertical groove between the nose and the upper lip
janitor; cleaner
lover; sweetheart; mistress
heir; heiress; inheritor
seriously sick person
private individual
sponsor; manager; go-between; mediator; agent; caretaker
number of people; population; human head
originator; promoter
several men, several minds; everyone has his own ideas and tastes; everyone has his own interests and ideas; different strokes for different folks
observer; spectator (e.g. in court); (member of the) public; visitor; audience; gallery
joint surety; surety jointly and severally liable; co-maker; co-endorser; co-signer
criminal; culprit; offender; rogue
professional; person good at a particular job; person who does their job without mistakes
carrier; conveyor
mailman; postman; mail carrier; post carrier
notary public; notary; public notary
low-rank person; menial
gambler; yakuza; person without a legitimate job
group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (often ex-convicts or vagrants); non-human
being average (capacity, looks) (as good as anyone); mediocrity
emergency case; person that has suddenly taken ill
person; personal
issuer; publisher
human interest; kindness
best man; groomsman; bridesmaid; second (e.g. in a duel)
low-call people
scum of the earth; monster; fiend
land agent; house agent; real estate agent
census-taking
runaway (esp. child)
nurse (male or female); personal care attendant
person who looks after a patient
worshiper; visitor to temple or shrine
strength of a thousand men; cloth with the character for "strength" written by a thousand men (soldier's charm)
trustee; receiver; administrator
portion of food
manager; steward; person next in rank to the chief retainer and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period)
(personal) guarantor; (personal) surety; person providing a character reference
person who beheads somebody to end a seppuku; assistant; helper
husband; good person
best man; groomsman; bridesmaid; second (e.g. in a duel)
life-saving sword (a killing sword may be a sword of life depending on how it is used)
matchmaker; go-between
guarantor; acceptor (e.g. promissory note); underwriter (e.g. stock issue)
substitute; deputy; proxy; representative; agent
someone who has come to say farewell; those who have come to say farewell; people at a send-off
a kidnapper; an abductor
offender; criminal
holder of a title deed; stock holder; lease holder
originator; promoter
matchmaker; go-between
lodger; tenant; roomer
sender of a message
child in elementary or middle school; go-between; intermediary; (arch.) person of middling talent, strength, etc.; (arch.) middle-class person; (arch.) bourgeois person
farmer; peasant
scribe; amanuensis
being average (capacity, looks) (as good as anyone); mediocrity
voter; constituent; elector; presidential elector (US); member of the Electoral College
the strength of ten
man month; man-month
person entrusted with someone's money, belongings, land, etc.; person in charge of someone taken into custody
heavenly being; celestial being; celestial nymph; celestial maiden
man-day; person-day
petitioner; complainant
arbitrator; mediator
seller; sales agent
repairman; repairer
earth and heaven; human and heavenly beings
accused; defendant; prisoner at the bar
guard; security (officer); guardsman
street vendor; stallholder; stallkeeper
lodger; boarder; paying guest
hirer; lessee; leaseholder
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
personal appearance; looks
petitioner; person who prays; beggar-priest
kanji "person radical" (radical 9)
testimony of a witness
remitter; writer of cheque; writer of check
butcher; slaughterhouse worker
so many men, so many ways; to each one's own; it takes all sorts to make a world
agent; person in charge
postman; mailman; mail carrier
complainant; plaintiff
speaker at a public hearing
litigant; plaintiff; suitor
administrator of an estate
person entrusted with someone's money, belongings, land, etc.; person in charge of someone taken into custody
scaffold constructor; steeplejack
breadwinner; hard worker
physiognomist
to suit one's speech to the audience
pious woman; female believer
deliveryman; delivery person
custodian; trustee
assistant; aide; curator
sender; remitter; consignor
scaffold constructor; steeplejack
caretaker; claimer; guarantor
caretaker; claimer; guarantor
assistant in a duel (e.g. a cockfight, poetry contest, etc.) (Heian period); older male in an homosexual relationship
middleman; mediator; go-between
some are wise and some are otherwise; (lit.) one thousand with their eyes open; one thousand blind
some are wise and some are otherwise; (lit.) one thousand blind; one thousand with their eyes open
transferor; assignor
auditor; inspector
each person; everybody
mistress; madam
guarantor; acceptor (e.g. promissory note); underwriter (e.g. stock issue)
guarantor; acceptor (e.g. promissory note); underwriter (e.g. stock issue)
assistant; aide; curator
caretaker; claimer; guarantor
rugby sevens; seven-a-side rugby
itinerant (esp. itinerant gambler); drifter; nomad; rover
kanji "legs radical" (radical 10)
go-between; intermediate; agent (e.g. for employing servants)
agent; intermediary
being besieged by suitors; to be popular; (lit.) eight suitors for one daughter
low-status samurai without land; low-status farmer without land
petitioner; complainant
one who offers prayer in place of another
Yama's pole (with a human head on the top)
master contractor
limited guardian
liquidator (e.g. of a corporation)
rugby sevens; seven-a-side rugby
seedling peddler; nurseryman
adjustor; liquidator
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
master contractor; prime contactor; general contractor
master contractor; prime contactor; general contractor
auxiliary intervenor (in a lawsuit)
prisoner (for one to three years under the ritsuryo system)
government official (esp. one of low to medium rank); public servant
brute; violent criminal; savage
guard; protector
brute; violent criminal; savage
Examples (181 in total)
Do you have a table for five?
Thousands of people lost their jobs.
One out of ten persons is nearsighted.