余よ人じん

よ

じ

ん

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

Formal or literary term for people other than oneself or a specified person. Often used in contrastive or exclusive contexts.

他た人にんN3
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)'.
他た者しゃN1
他者 is a formal, often academic term for 'the other' as a concept, whereas 余人 is an old-fashioned way of saying 'other people' in exclusive contexts like 余人をもって代えがたい.

自じ分ぶんN5
自分 means 'oneself', the natural opposite of 余人, which refers to people other than oneself or a specified person.

余人Usage100%
- よじん
  Standard kanji form; the reading よにん is rare and not normally used in modern Japanese.
- よにん
よにん

Compound of 余 (yo, 'remaining, other') and 人 (jin, 'person'). The reading よにん is a rare alternative that is not commonly used.

よ

じ

ん

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Formal or literary term for people other than oneself or a specified person. Often used in contrastive or exclusive contexts.

他た人にんN3
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)'.
他た者しゃN1
他者 is a formal, often academic term for 'the other' as a concept, whereas 余人 is an old-fashioned way of saying 'other people' in exclusive contexts like 余人をもって代えがたい.

自じ分ぶんN5
自分 means 'oneself', the natural opposite of 余人, which refers to people other than oneself or a specified person.

余人Usage100%
- よじん
  Standard kanji form; the reading よにん is rare and not normally used in modern Japanese.
- よにん
よにん

Compound of 余 (yo, 'remaining, other') and 人 (jin, 'person'). The reading よにん is a rare alternative that is not commonly used.