中ちゅう人じん

noun

go-between; intermediary; middleman

Refers to a person who acts as a mediator or intermediary in negotiations, transactions, or arrangements. Often used in contexts like matchmaking or business deals.

See also: 仲人

• 彼かれは商しょう談だんの中ちゅう人じんとして活かつ躍やくした。

  He was active as a middleman in business negotiations.

noun

person of middling ability; average person

Obsolete term for a person of average talent or ability. Not used in modern Japanese; the concept is now expressed with words like 凡人 or 普通の人.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、中ちゅう人じんを凡ぼん庸ような人じん物ぶつの意い味みで使つかうことがある。

  In old documents, 中人 is sometimes used to mean a person of mediocre ability.

noun

middle-class person

Obsolete term for a person belonging to the middle class. Modern Japanese uses 中流階級の人 or similar expressions.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんに、中ちゅう人じんという階かい級きゅうの記き述じゅつが見みられる。

  Descriptions of a class called 中人 can be found in Edo-period documents.