当とう人にん

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Refers to the specific person being discussed, often in legal, formal, or narrative contexts. Neutral and commonly used.

当とう人にんに確かく認にんするto confirm directly with the person concerned
詳くわしいことは当とう人にんに確かく認にんしてください。
Please confirm the details directly with the person concerned.
当とう人にん同どう士しで話はなし合あうfor the people themselves to talk it over
この問もん題だいは当とう人にん同どう士しで話はなし合あうべきだ。
This issue should be discussed between the people involved themselves.
当とう人にんの意い向こうを確かく認にんするto check the wishes of the person concerned
転てん職しょくの前まえに当とう人にんの意い向こうを確かく認にんした。
Before the job change, we confirmed the person's own wishes.
当とう人にん抜ぬきで決きめるto decide without the person concerned present
会かい議ぎは当とう人にん抜ぬきで進すすめられた。
The meeting proceeded without the person concerned present.

本ほん人にんN3
本人 is the everyday word meaning 'the person himself/herself', while 当人 is a slightly more formal term often used in third-person or official references to the same specific individual.
当とう事じ者しゃN1
当事者 emphasizes being a party directly involved in a legal or disputed matter, whereas 当人 simply identifies the specific individual being discussed.
同どう人じん
当人 is the ordinary word for 'the person concerned', while 同人 is a more formal, often written term used to avoid repeating a name.
本ほん尊ぞん
当人 is a plain, neutral way to say 'the person concerned,' whereas 本尊 in this sense is jocular, humorously likening the key person to a worshipped icon.

他た人にんN3
他人 refers to an unrelated third party, in contrast to 当人, which points to the specific person actually involved.

Compound of 当 (tō, 'this' or 'the relevant') and 人 (nin, 'person'). The reading とうにん is a regular on'yomi combination.