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変人 (へんじん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

変へん人じん

へ

ん

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Common word›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

eccentric; oddball; weirdo

Refers to a person with unusual habits, ideas, or behavior; often used lightly or humorously, but can be mildly derogatory depending on context.

彼かれはいつも一人

ひとり

で

話はな

し

て

いる

変へん

人じん

だ

。

He's an oddball who always talks to himself.

あの変へん人じんは毎まい朝あさ公こう園えんで逆さか立だちをしている。

That eccentric does handstands in the park every morning.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を変へん人じん扱あつかいするto treat someone as an eccentric/oddball
彼かれは少すこし違ちがう考かんがえ方かたをするだけで、みんなに変へん人じん扱あつかいされた。
He was treated as an oddball just for thinking a bit differently.
〈人ひと〉は変へん人じんだと言いわれるto be called an eccentric/weirdo
彼かの女じょは近きん所じょで変へん人じんだと言いわれている。
She's called an oddball in the neighborhood.

Kanji

変unusual, change, strange
人person
偏partial, side, left-side radical

Related words

変かわり者もの
変人 sounds blunt or judgmental, while 変わり者 is a softer, more descriptive way to call someone eccentric.
奇き人じん
変人 is a common, everyday word for an oddball, whereas 奇人 suggests a more extraordinary or remarkable kind of strangeness, sometimes with admiration.
サイコ
変人 means an eccentric or odd person without implying danger, whereas サイコ suggests instability or a scary, unpredictable streak.
怪かい人じん
変人 is a casual word for a weird or quirky person in everyday life, while 怪人 implies something more mysterious or menacing.

Opposites

常じょう人じん
変人 describes someone unusual or eccentric, while 常人 refers to an ordinary, normal person.

Don't confuse with

変へん質しつ者しゃ
変人 just means an eccentric or quirky person, but 変質者 implies someone with a disturbing or perverse mental abnormality, often criminal in nature.

Written forms

変へん人じんUsage94%
Standard kanji spelling.
偏へん人じんUsage6%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

Etymology

Compound of 変 (hen, 'strange') and 人 (jin, 'person'). The alternative kanji 偏 (hen, 'biased') is rarely used.