Japanese word
日本人
にほんじん
In your course · Chapter 4
- Part of speech
- noun
- Level
- A1
Meanings
- Japanese person
Source: Tonada course
Kanji
- 日
- On reading:
- ジツ、ニチ
- Kun reading:
- -か、-び、ひ
- Meanings:
- day, sun, Japan, counter for days
- 本
- On reading:
- ホン
- Kun reading:
- もと
- Meanings:
- book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
- 人
- On reading:
- ジン、ニン
- Kun reading:
- -と、-り、ひと
- Meanings:
- person
Source: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))
Examples
わたしは日本人です
I'm Japanese.
友達は日本人です
My friend is Japanese.
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