人（ひと）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: person
Example sentences
- すみません、あの人はだれですか。 — Excuse me, who is that person over there?
- 朝の駅はたくさんの人でいっぱいだ。 — The station is packed with people in the morning.
Idioms & proverbs containing “人”
- 人道主義 (じんどうしゅぎ) — humanism; humanitarianism
- 二人三脚 (ににんさんきゃく) — three-legged race
- 小人閑居 (しょうじんかんきょ) — a small-minded person being idle (tends to do evil)
- 人は情け (ひとはなさけ) — be kind to others; one good turn deserves another
- 文は人なり (ぶんはひとなり) — the style is the man; the style is the man himself
- 盗人の昼寝 (ぬすびとのひるね) — there's a reason behind every action; a burglar's midday nap (is taken so that he can rob people's houses in the night)
Related words
See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “人” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)