にん
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Counter
1. counter for people
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person
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Used in vocabulary (313 in total)
① 人数が2であること。② 恋愛関係にある男女。
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
① 人が、三の数であること。
① 人数が2であること。② 恋愛関係にある男女。
① 直接の関係をもつ人自身。
① 罪を犯した人。
① 自分以外の人。② 血縁や知己などではなく縁遠い人。
① 一定の年齢に達した人。現代日本では18歳または20歳以上の人。成人。② 年齢を重ね、十分な判断力を有し、社会的な責任を負えるとみなされるようになった人。ものごとの理非をよくわきまえ、わがままを言わない人。③ 年齢を重ね、特定の行為が可能となったり感覚が理解できるようになったりした人。④ 聞き分けよくおとなしくしていること。⑤ 性的に成熟した人。精通または初潮のあった人。童貞または処女を失った人。また性に関する換喩。
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
① 人が、四の数であること。
① 人が、三の数であること。
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
employee; servant
how many people; a number of people
① 自分の持っている技術や技能で、手作業にて物を作る職業。
① その土地・家に住んでいる人。
several people; a few people
① 料理を作る職業。
① 別の人。その人とは異なる人。同一ではない人物。
① 政府機関に勤める人。② 統治者に仕えて、統治を補佐する者。
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
① 死んだ人。
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
① 病気に罹っている人。
① 事実を証明する人。
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
① 番をする人。
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
① 善良な人。② お人好し。
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
① 人として守るべき道。② 人が通るよう決められた道。歩道。
① 人が本来有するとされる温かい感情。② 一般の人々の考え、常識。③ 心付け、贈り物、賄賂。
① 身分や地位が高い人。貴族。② 古代中国における后妃の位の一つ。③ 陰陽道の神である天一神の別称の一つ。
retainer; vassal; servant
① 俗界を離れ山中で修行し、不老不死で神通力を得た人。② 無欲で世間離れした人。
① 他人の代理をする人。② 代理権を持ち、本人に代わって意思表示をしたり受けたりする権限を持つ人。
① 人の顔つき。② 人の顔つきに現れたその人の性格や運勢。③ 人の顔つきを見てその人の運命や吉凶を占うこと。
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
① 見物する人。
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)
① ある人のした債務等に責任を負う人。
witness; observer
natural virtue; personal virtue
servant; employee
① 極悪な人。極めて悪い人物。この上ない悪人。
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
① 多くの人々。
negotiator; bargainer; point man
in company; among people; philtrum; vertical groove between the nose and the upper lip
janitor; cleaner
① 意中の人、恋人。② 情夫。情婦。
① 被相続人の財産上の地位を承継する者。
seriously sick person
① 公共の地位や立場を抜きにして考えた個人。
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
① 容貌、技量などが普通であること。
① 商家の若奥さん。主人の妻、又は大旦那の娘。「旦さん/旦那さん」と対になる。主に関西以西の呼称。口述では訛って「ごりょんさん」「ごりょんはん」などと称する。(一般家庭の婦人に用いるのは誤り)
emergency case; person that has suddenly taken ill
① 律令制において、不法に本貫(本来の住所)を離れて別の土地に住む者。
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)
① 本人の代わりの人。代理人。名代。
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
① 容貌、技量などが普通であること。
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
① 周旋する人。当事者同士の間に立ち、売買や雇用の話がまとまるよう取り計らう人。
street vendor; stallholder; stallkeeper
lodger; boarder; paying guest
hirer; lessee; leaseholder
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
personal appearance; looks
petitioner; person who prays; beggar-priest
① 漢字の部首「⺅」が偏である場合の呼称。
① 人的証拠の略。人間の供述もしくは身体を証拠の資料とするもの。
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
① 商家の若奥さん。主人の妻、又は大旦那の娘。「旦さん/旦那さん」と対になる。主に関西以西の呼称。口述では訛って「ごりょんさん」「ごりょんはん」などと称する。(一般家庭の婦人に用いるのは誤り)
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.