VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

ひと
hepburn hito

person, people

Part of speech · noun

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Examples

  1. あの人は誰ですか。
    Who is that person?
  2. 日本人の友達がいます。
    I have a Japanese friend.

Collocations

この人 / その人 / あの人日本人 (nihonjin)外国人 (gaikokujin)人気 (ninki, popularity)一人 (hitori, alone)

Mnemonic

人 hito — TWO readings. kunyomi ひと = a person (standalone). onyomi じん/にん appears as a suffix: 日本人 nihonjin (Japanese person), 外国人 gaikokujin (foreigner). The counter ~人 nin counts people; 一人 hitori, 二人 futari are irregular.

Quick check

  1. How do you say "Korean person" in Japanese?

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