Expressions· 79 十じゅう 人にん 十と 色いろ different strokes for different folks; everyone has their own tastes うちの 人ひと my husband · my family; my family member 一人ひとり で alone; by oneself; on one's own Show 5 more Show fewer ある 人ひと someone; a certain person いい 人ひと good person; good-natured person · lover; boyfriend; girlfriend その 人ひと that person · the person in question · prominent figure; distinguished person 上うえ の 人ひと superior; boss; higher-up · them (as opposed to us); the elite; those above · person above; upstairs neighbor 下した の 人ひと downstairs neighbor · subordinate; underling See all 79 in Explore →
Related words 者もの 者 (もの ) is another suffix for 'person', often used after verbs or adjectives (e.g., 若者 'young person'), while 人 (と ) is more common in established compounds and often carries a slightly more poetic or traditional nuance.
人じん 人 (じん ) is used to indicate nationality or type of person (e.g., 日本人 'Japanese person'), whereas 人 (と ) is used in a smaller set of native Japanese compounds.
Word family· 133 lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
gentle; quiet; docile; well-behaved · quiet (color/pattern); sober; subdued
ordinary person; commoner; untitled individual
villager
traveler; tourist; wayfarer
Show 25 more Show fewer little person (folklore/fantasy); fairy; elf; gnome; dwarf · little person (dwarfism); dwarf; midget
helper; supporter; backup · foreign player hired to strengthen a team
hunter
good-naturedness; soft-heartedness · good-natured person; soft touch; easy mark
expert; professional; connoisseur · woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine
personal assistant; attendant; chaperon
look grown-up; act mature; be adult-like
matchmaker · go-between; intermediary; middleman
young person; youth
imperial archivist; court archivist · master brewer; sake/soy sauce brewing artisan
hermit; recluse
mountain folk; hermit · mountain wizard · pseudonym element (artist/writer)
living god; god incarnate; emperor (as a deity) · miracle-working god; god who appears as needed
personal assistant; attendant; chaperon
missing person; wanted person
villager; village folk; countryfolk
defeated soldier fleeing the enemy; fugitive warrior
person being waited for; the awaited one · person who waits; waiter
amateur; layperson; novice · respectable woman; woman not in the sex trade · unlicensed prostitute
thief; robber
Chinese person; Korean person
thief; robber
go-between; matchmaker
anyone; any person; whoever
lonely person; forlorn person; poverty-stricken person
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Written forms 人と
Kanji spelling for the suffix reading と , used in compounds.
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Etymology The reading と for 人 is a native Japanese (kun'yomi) reading, used as a suffix in certain compounds. Its historical derivation is uncertain, but it is related to the word 人 (ひと ) 'person'.
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