Keyword
who?
Info
FrequencyTop 100-200
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 2
Heisig598
Readings
だれ
(47%)
たれ
(17%)
(17%)
Composed of
say
old bird
Mnemonic

You know how sometimes animal voices can imitate human speech? Here we have an old bird — a pidgeon — that is constantly saying who? Who? Whoooo? If you listen closely to the sounds that pidgeons make don't they actually sound a little like "who"?

Used in vocabulary (49 in total)
someone; somebody
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
everyone; anyone; no one
who the heck; just who
(not) a single person; (no) one
everyone; one and all
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
as anyone can see
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to no one in particular
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
a certain someone; Mr So-and-so
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
(not) a single person; (no) one
so-and-so; who?; which people?
none other than; ... himself; ... herself
this or that person; anybody; many people
everyone; one and all
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
who benefits (from that)?; who cares?; who would want that?; pointless; of benefit to no one; of interest to no one
this or that person; anybody; many people
a certain somebody; you-know-who
so-and-so; who?; which people?
whichever person (indefinite pronoun); everyone; every person; all
to whomever; to anybody at all
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
a certain someone; Mr So-and-so
more than anybody
to no one in particular
more than anybody
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
nice!; very good!; so witty!; that's clever
to whomever; to anybody at all
anyone and everyone; anybody at all
Examples (200 in total)
Who are you?
Who do you want to talk to?
With whom did you talk?