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万人 (ばんにん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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Usage patterns 万ばん 人にん が 認みと める 〈 事こと 〉 something universally acknowledged by everyone
His talent is acknowledged by everyone.
〈 事こと 〉 は 万ばん 人にん に 共きょう 通つう する to be common/universal to everyone
Death is a fate common to all people eventually.
万ばん 人にん に 愛あい される to be loved by everyone
That song is a masterpiece loved by everyone.
Expressions 万ばん 人にん 受う け universally acceptable; popular with everyone Related words 皆 is a casual, everyday word for 'everyone', while 万人 is formal and literary, often appearing in set phrases.
全員 refers to all members of a specific, defined group, whereas 万人 refers to people in general without any particular group in mind.
世間 refers to society or the public at large as a social sphere, while 万人 simply means 'everybody' as a count of individual people.
万人 means 'all people' in general, whereas 老若男女 specifically stresses the inclusion of both sexes and every age group.
Don't confuse with 番人 (ばんにん) means 'guard, watchman' and sounds identical to one reading of 万人, but the two words are unrelated in meaning.
万人 (all people, everyone) is easily confused with 凡人 (an ordinary person) because of the visually similar kanji 凡/万.
Etymology Compound of 万 (ten thousand, myriad) and 人 (person), literally 'ten thousand people', used figuratively to mean 'all people'.
Rare reading; not commonly used in modern Japanese.