じん
Meanings
Suffix
1. -ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite)
indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.
2. -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...
indicates expertise (in a certain field)
3. man; person; people
usu. in compound words
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (435 in total)
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
mysterious person
Examples (29 in total)
Are you Ukrainian?
She is Portuguese.
Bostonians love their city.
I am Hungarian.
I'm Argentinian.
The Romans persecuted Christians.
"Are you Swedish?" "No, I'm Swiss."
Israelites speak Hebrew.
I'm proud to be Québecois.
Shakespeare was a contemporary of Marlowe.
The Romans worshiped their goddess, Juno.
Tom is not a true Scotsman.
Finns drink a lot of coffee.
Bach and Handel were contemporaries.
I'm neither an Athenian nor a Greek.
"Are you Russian?" "No, I'm Slovakian."
The bridge was built by the Romans.
This book deals with the invasion of the Romans.
The ancient Romans founded colonies throughout Europe.
Generally speaking, New Zealanders are taller than Japanese.
I am Finnish, but I speak also Swedish.
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.
The Romans tried to civilize the ancient Britons.
He, like most Incas, believed this story.
The Ugandans depend on their coffee crop to bring money into the country.
The Norwegian diplomat mediated the secret negotiations that produced the historic document.
And then the Romans came in 55 B. C.