人

person

2 strokes JLPT N5 Old JLPT 4 Grade 1

On-yomi (音読み, Chinese-origin)

ジンニン

Kun-yomi (訓読み, native Japanese)

ひと-り-と

Minna no Nihongo words using 人 16

Every vocabulary entry from the Minna no Nihongo I textbook that contains 人, grouped by lesson. Click a word to see its reading, meaning, and audio pronunciation.

Lesson 1 2 words

～人(じん) (suffix meaning 'a national of'; e.g. アメリカじん, an American)
あの人(ひと)（あの方(かた)） that person, he, she (あのかた is the polite equivalent of あのひと)

Lesson 5 2 words

人(ひと) person, people
一(ひと)人(り)で alone, by oneself

Lesson 8 1 word

「七(しち)人(にん)の侍(さむらい)」 'The Seven Samurai', a classic movie by Akira Kurosawa

Lesson 9 2 words

ご主(しゅ)人(じん) (someone else's) husband
夫(おっと)／主(しゅ)人(じん) (my) husband

Lesson 10 2 words

女(おんな)の人(ひと) woman
男(おとこ)の人(ひと) man

Lesson 11 3 words

－人(にん) － people
２人(たり) two people
１人(とり) one person

Lesson 12 3 words

多(おお)い［人(ひと)が～］ many [people], much
少(すく)ない［人(ひと)が～］ few [people], a little
わあ、すごい人(ひと)ですね。 Wow! Look at all those people!

Lesson 24 1 word

送(おく)ります［人(ひと)を～］ escort [someone], go with