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アメリカ人 (アメリカじん, amerikajin) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

アメリカ人じん

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Meanings

1

American person

Refers to a person from the United States. The suffix 人 is the standard way to form nationality nouns.

彼かれはアメリカ人じんです。
He is an American.

あのアメリカ人じんは日本にほん語ごが上手じょうずだ。

That American is good at Japanese.

Kanji

人person

Related words

アメリカN5
アメリカ refers to the country itself, while アメリカ人 specifically means a person from that country.
米べい国こく人じん
米国人 is a more formal or written synonym for アメリカ人, using the kanji abbreviation 米国 for the United States.
ヤンキー
アメリカ人 is the neutral, standard word for an American, while ヤンキー is a casual and somewhat dated slang term for the same thing.
米べい人じん
アメリカ人 is the everyday spoken word for an American person, while 米人 is a shorter, more written or news-style term with the same meaning.

Counted with

人にん
counter for people

Etymology

Compound of アメリカ (America) and 人 (person). The reading じん is the standard on'yomi used after country names.