他た人にん

also: ひと · あだびと

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

noun

another person; other people; others

General term for people who are not oneself. Often contrasted with 自分 (oneself) or 身内 (one's own family/group).

Usage patterns

他た人にんに迷めい惑わくをかけるto cause trouble/inconvenience for other people
他た人にんに迷めい惑わくをかけてはいけない。
You mustn't cause trouble for other people.
他た人にんの目めを気きにするto worry about what other people think
彼かの女じょは他た人にんの目めを気きにしすぎる。
She worries too much about what other people think of her.
他た人にんのせいにするto blame someone else
自じ分ぶんの失しっ敗ぱいを他た人にんのせいにするのはよくない。
It's not good to blame others for your own mistakes.

Expressions· 9

赤あかの他た人にんcomplete stranger; total stranger
他た人にんの空そら似にaccidental resemblance; chance likeness
他た人にんの不ふ幸こうは蜜みつの味あじthe misfortune of others tastes as sweet as honey
兄きょう弟だいは他た人にんの始はじまりeven siblings become strangers
親おやの欲よく目めと他た人にんの僻ひが目めparents overvalue their own children but undervalue others'

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他た人にんに厳きびしく自じ分ぶんに甘あまいhard on others but easy on oneself
遠とおくの親しん戚せきより近ちかくの他た人にんa neighbour is better than a relative living far away
遠とおくの親しん類るいより近ちかくの他た人にんa neighbor is better than a distant relative

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Kanji

他other, another, the others
人person

Related words· 10

人ひとN5sense 1
人 is the neutral word for 'a person', while 他人 specifically stresses that the person is not oneself or one's own group.
知ち人じんN3sense 1
知人 means an acquaintance you actually know, whereas 他人 can refer to a complete stranger as well as anyone outside one's circle.
はた
他人 is the general word for 'other people' or 'strangers', while 傍 specifically highlights the viewpoint of someone not involved in a particular situation.
別べつ人じん
他人 means 'someone unrelated to you' in general, while 別人 stresses that a specific person now seems like a completely different individual from before.

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他た者しゃN1
他人 is the everyday word for 'another person' or 'stranger', while 他者 is a more abstract, formal term used in philosophical or academic contexts.
余よ人じん
他人 is the common, everyday word for 'other people' or 'strangers', while 余人 is a stiff, literary term usually meaning 'anyone else (in this specific role)'.
人ひと様さま
他人 is a neutral, sometimes distancing word for 'other people' or 'strangers', while 人様 adds a polite, respectful tone.
赤あかの他た人にんN1
他人 simply means 'another person' or 'someone unrelated', while 赤の他人 stresses total lack of any connection.
人ひと前まえN1
他人 refers to other people in general (as opposed to oneself or family), while 人前 specifically emphasizes being observed by such people.
見みず知しらずN1
他人 simply means 'another person/stranger' without stressing prior non-acquaintance, whereas 見ず知らず specifically emphasizes that the person has never been seen or met before.

Opposites· 15

自じ分ぶんN5sense 1
自分 means 'oneself', the direct contrast to 他人 as 'someone other than oneself'.
身み内うちN1sense 2
身内 refers to one's own family or close associates, the opposite of 他人 in the sense of an unrelated outsider.
知ち己き
他人 means a stranger or unrelated person, the opposite of 知己 which denotes someone one knows or is close to.

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自じ分ぶん自じ身しん
他人 means 'other people', standing in contrast to 自分自身, which emphasizes oneself as opposed to others.
肉にく親しんN1
他人 means an unrelated stranger, the direct opposite of 肉親, someone tied to you by blood.
自じ己こN1
他人 means 'other people', the natural opposite of 自己 'oneself'.
自みずからN2
他人 means 'other people', the natural opposite of 自ら when it refers to oneself as distinct from others.
親しん族ぞくN1
他人 means a person unrelated to oneself, the direct opposite of 親族, who are one's relatives by blood or marriage.
親しん類るいN3
他人 means a stranger or unrelated person, the direct opposite of 親類 'relative.'
顔かお見み知しり
顔見知り means someone you recognize and greet, while 他人 refers to a complete stranger with no personal connection.
親しん戚せきN4
他人 means a stranger or unrelated person, the direct opposite of 親戚, someone connected by blood or marriage.
知しり合あいN3
他人 refers to someone unrelated or a stranger, the opposite of 知り合い who is someone you actually know.
知ち人じんN3
他人 refers to someone unrelated or unknown to you, the opposite of 知人, who is someone you have some connection with.
本ほん人にんN3
他人 means 'someone else, an unrelated person', the direct opposite of 本人, which specifies the very person being discussed.
当とう人にんN1
他人 refers to an unrelated third party, in contrast to 当人, which points to the specific person actually involved.

Word family

他た人にん行ぎょう儀ぎ
standing on ceremony; overly formal; distant
他た人にん丼どん
rice bowl with beef/pork and egg
他た人にん任まかせ
leaving to others; relying on others; depending on others
他た人にん扱あつかい
treating like a stranger; cold-shouldering
他た人にん資し本ほん
borrowed capital; loan capital; debt capital
他た人にん迷めい惑わく
nuisance to others; public nuisance

Written forms

他人Usage100%
- たにん
  Standard kanji spelling for the common reading たにん.
- ひと
  gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
- あだびと
  out-dated reading
タニンUsage<1%
ひと
gikun (meaning-based reading) or jukujikun
Gikun reading; rare and literary. The same kanji are normally read たにん.
あだびと
out-dated reading
Obsolete kana usage; not used in modern Japanese.

Etymology

Compound of 他 (た, 'other') and 人 (にん, 'person'). The reading たにん is the standard Sino-Japanese reading. The gikun reading ひと is a native Japanese word applied to the same kanji, and あだびと is an obsolete variant.