人々
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Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 人 | 人 |
| ひと Grade: 1 |
ひと > びと Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 人人 |
Etymology
[edit]Reduplication of 人 (hito, “person”) to explicitly emphasize plurality.[1][2][3] The second character is replaced with the 々 symbol, the Japanese ditto mark to show duplication of the preceding character. The hito changes to bito as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- people, each person, everybody
- 2004 June 4, “レオニンの従者”, in フィフス・ドーン, Wizards of the Coast:
- 私は王かもしれないが、兵士や人々なくしては、私は何者でもないのだ。
- Watashi wa ō ka mo shirenai ga, heishi ya hitobito naku shite wa, watashi wa nanimono de mo nai no da.
- I may be king, but without my soldiers and my people, I am nobody.
- 私は王かもしれないが、兵士や人々なくしては、私は何者でもないのだ。
References
[edit]- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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