人じん
Meanings
Suffix
1. -ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite)
indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.
My new coworker is Singaporean.
2. -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...
indicates expertise (in a certain field)
3. man; person; people
usu. in compound words
Kanji used
person
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (547 in total)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
(one's) life
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
Examples (19 in total)
Are you Ukrainian?
Bostonians love their city.
My new coworker is Singaporean.
I have a Peruvian friend.
Israelites speak Hebrew.
I'm proud to be Québecois.
Shakespeare was a contemporary of Marlowe.
Tom is not a true Scotsman.
Bach and Handel were contemporaries.
I'm neither an Athenian nor a Greek.
"Are you Russian?" "No, I'm Slovakian."
I am Berber and I speak Berber.
The ancient Romans founded colonies throughout Europe.
A Cuban singer gave a concert in Tokyo.
Many industrialists have expressed their concern about the economy.
When the battle ended, not a Texan was left alive.
The Inca took baths more often than Europeans.
He, like most Incas, believed this story.
The Ugandans depend on their coffee crop to bring money into the country.