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
mankind; humanity
(one's) life
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
gentleman; well-bred man; well-educated man; people
sovereign; ruler
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
human nature; human heart; human spirit; public feeling; people's sentiments
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
population; common talk
lover; mistress
white person; Caucasian; (arch.) beginner; (arch.) amateur; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
the world
master; expert
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; deserted
(fictional) fusion of human and animal; therianthrope; furry; human beast
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
rickshaw; jinrikisha
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (e.g. Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
blind person
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
military personnel; soldier
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
rustic; country bumpkin; ruffian; unrefined person; non-politician; non-government person
personality; character; individuality; personhood
husband; good person
person of refined tastes; sophisticated person; man of the world; understanding person; man about town
friend; acquaintance
earthling; earthman
humanity; sidewalk; footpath
benefactor; patron
human rights; civil liberties
Japanese person; Japanese people
personnel selection
same person; said person; the person in question; coterie; clique; dōjin
signs of human habitation
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
wise man; philosopher; sage
barbarian; savage
person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman
Dutch people
child in elementary or middle school; go-between; intermediary; (arch.) person of middling talent, strength, etc.; (arch.) middle-class person; (arch.) bourgeois person
race (of people); type of person
the people; citizens; the populace
simulation of a person
humans and animals; humans and beasts; beast in human form
damn Westerner; (lit.) hairy foreigner
worldly honors; worldly honours
subhuman; demi-human; Argentinian (person); (arch.) American (person)
caller; visitor; company; guest
human face
person's name
Greek (person)
master of the tea ceremony; person with eccentric tastes
many people; everyone; all sorts of people
musician (esp. Gagaku)
humanity; civilization; civilisation; culture
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
important person
human bones
ordinary person
stone image of people
human life span; human lifespan
Japanese person; Japanese people
woman; lady; adult female
number of persons; personnel
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
person from (the planet of)
person of letters; literary person
personage; person (deserving of respect)
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
oneself and others
Egyptian (person)
the people; the public
Ryukyuan (person)
wanderer; vagabond; capricious person; hobo
outstanding person
testimony of a witness
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
talented person; clever person
child; small person; narrow-minded person; mean person
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
private citizen; civilian
Chinese person
alien (from another planet)
human; personal
the Seven Wise Men (of Greece); the Seven Sages of Greece
human flesh
human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
primitive man
great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted
modern man; modern person; modernist
Osakan (person)
person from the same province, town, village, etc.
naturalized citizen; naturalised citizen
person of ability; person of high calibre; talented individual
life-saving sword (a killing sword may be a sword of life depending on how it is used)
heaven, earth and man
country dweller
French person
great person; outstanding talent; hero
cave dweller; caveman
earth and heaven; human and heavenly beings
human desires; human passions
individual; private person; personal; private
Argentinian (person); (arch.) American (person)
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
military man
human body
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
eccentric; crank; oddball
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
working adult; full-fledged member of society
lunatic; madman
individual of taste
performer; entertainer; celebrity
personal connections
true man
American person
personal; inter-personal
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider
aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank
old woman
others; other people
the deceased; the departed
Japanese person
each person
gods and men; godlike person; person as powerful as a god; (arch.) low-ranking Shinto priest
human intellect; knowledge
Jew; Jewish person
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
(human) life
great person; eminent figure
house; dwelling; human habitation
(an) exile; vagrant; wanderer; nomad
Frenchman; Frenchwoman
Western person
Asian people; Orientals
German person
pupil; student; follower
iron man; strong man
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
modern person; people of today
mountain folk; hermit; word used as part of a pseudonym by artists, writers, etc.
person of common sense; common sense man
man of the future; Homo futurus
Russian person
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
passer-by; traveler; traveller
British person
human speech
natural virtue; personal virtue
private person; individual
manned; occupied; piloted
queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
native; aboriginal
each individual; each person
servant; valet; (arch.) someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family; (arch.) low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the Ritsuryo system); (arch.) ox-tender for oxcarts; (arch.) horse boy
Italian (person)
foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien
Chinese person
God and man; heaven and man
intellectual
selfless (pious, righteous) man
what nationality
free person; free spirit
Briton; Englishman; (the) English
the ancients; ancient people
civilized person; civilized people
person of culture; cultured person
corporate body; corporation; (legal) person; (juridical) person
Greek (person)
villager; village folk; countryfolk
cannibalism; anthropophagism
workman; craftsman; laborer; labourer; artisan
Korean person (esp. North Korean); Korean people
racial discrimination; racism
celebrity; personality; prominent figure
in company; among people; philtrum; vertical groove between the nose and the upper lip
the people; the public
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
public character
European (person)
scoundrel; ruffian; villain
lover; sweetheart; mistress
Dutchman; Dutchwoman
Briton; Englishman
private individual
nice person; good-natured person
person from the Kansai region
person in the business (entertainment, music, film, etc.)
islanders
number of people; population; human head
shepherd; herdsman
human usage; (for) use by people
Chinese person; (arch.) foreigner
city dweller
man of the world; man about town; dilettante; well-informed person
(female) beauty; beautiful woman
Arabian (person); Arab
Jōmon people
non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin
cosmopolitan; world citizen
fellow countryman; compatriot; person from the same province; person from said country
American person
humanism; humanitarianism
South Korean person
foreigner; alien; stranger
puppet; doll
human nature; instinct; humanity; humanism
half-human, half-beast; therianthropic
Chinese person (esp. Han Chinese)
this world; life
primitive man
financier; business leader
barbarian; savage; savage (primitive) people (race)
Brazilian person
religious organization; religious organisation
saint; person well-balanced morally and intellectually
occupant of a house; family member; household member (incl. servant)
humanity; civilization; civilisation; culture
predecessor; people of former times
Taiwanese person; Taiwanese people
professional; careerman; worker
Polander; Pole; Polish
American person
residents of the capital; townsfolk
contemporaries
Germanic peoples
behind others; losing out to others
person of culture; educated person; highbrow
world of man
people from overseas, especially from China and Korea, who settled in early Japan and introduced continental culture to the Japanese
present-day people; people of this world
Mongol; Mongolian
Thai; person from Thailand
subjects; retainers
Mexican (person)
person who beheads somebody to end a seppuku; assistant; helper
incorporated nonprofit organization
Danish person; Danes; Dane
Scot; Scottish person
sovereignty of the people
dunce; fool; idiot
Serb; Serbian person
samurai; person of extensive learning; person of great culture; person of superior social standing
humanities; social sciences; liberal arts
Persian person
townsfolk; resident (of a town); merchant
person of virtue; great person; giant; adult; exalted person
humanities; arts
Norman; the Normans
Briton (celtic inhabitant of historical Britain)
Canadian (person)
Celt; Celtic person
Vietnamese (person)
barbarian; savage; foreigner
man of virtue; humanitarian
painter; artist
biographical dictionary
Semite (speaker of a Semitic language, esp. Jews and Arabs)
Yayoi people
(dyed-in-the-wool) party member; party man; party woman
tableau vivant
avid reader
country dweller
person from Tōhoku; Tōhokuite
depersonalization
lookout; watch; person on guard
Homo economicus; economic human; financial expert; businessperson
independent administrative corporation (institution, agency)
medical corporation
Gaulish people; (a) Gaul
people living on Honshu; mainland Japanese; Japanese people (as opposed to the people of the colonies of the Empire of Japan)
Czech (person)
natural person (e.g. one unspoilt by civilization, civilisation)
Chaldean (person)
Sumerian (person)
farmer; peasant
extraordinary person; genius
human sensor; motion detector
healthy person
(a) Philistine; Philistine people
Australian person
native of a prefecture
Northern European (person); Nordic person; Scandinavian
Ancient Greek (person)
Manchu person; Manchu people; Manchurian
adult woman who likes comics about male homosexual love
Hong Konger; person from Hong Kong
Hong Konger; person from Hong Kong
paleoanthropic man (e.g. Neanderthal)
personal; individual
cineast; someone who works in the movie industry
Malaysian person; Malay person
internationally-minded person; cosmopolitan; cosmopolite; international celebrity
directory; name list
nationals and foreigners
capable person; talented person
manpower reduction; personnel saving
Carthaginian (person)
faculty of humanities
native; citizen
Englishmen and Americans
Indonesian (person)
Kyrgyz (person)
ethnic Chinese (living abroad, esp. with non-Chinese citizenship); overseas Chinese
baseball player
reporter; mediaperson
national of a third country; foreigner (esp. Chinese and Korean) resident in Japan
foreigner; expatriate
Russian person
Ainu person
personal appearance; looks
nonreligious wedding ceremony; civil wedding ceremony
Sinhalese people; Sinhalese person
soldier at the front
chef; head cook
elder; senior; wife's father; father-in-law
Hawaiian person
Middle Easterner (person)
Kyoto inhabitant
Fleming; Flemish person
Epistle to the Romans (book of the Bible)
Finns (ethnic group); Finnish people
Afghan (person)
postman; mailman; mail carrier
biographical dictionary
national of a third country; foreigner resident in Japan (esp. Chinese and Korean)
Korean (person)
Etruscan (person)
foreigner; gaijin
common man
my humble self
Kashmiri (people)
Epistle to the Corinthians (comprising two books of the Bible)
person from one's own province (China); person whose ancestors lived in Taiwan before the Kuomintang-related immigration wave
person of mixed race; mestizo
progenitor
personal pronoun
Melanesian (people)
Malagasy person
human brain
villain; scoundrel
person's rank
human habitation
Levite; member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi (who served a religious function)
North Korean person
prevailing mood of a locality; emotional climate of a district
assistant in a duel (e.g. a cockfight, poetry contest, etc.) (Heian period); older male in an homosexual relationship
entertainer
national; citizen; native
Lapp people
fortune teller; diviner
public corporation; juridical person
wanted criminal
person and place name
street sweeper (person)
nonconformist; free-thinker
inhabitants of main island
pastoral poet
straw figure
foreign corporation
affiant (person who executes an affidavit)
Parsi (adherent of Zoroastrianism, esp. descendants of those who fled to India to escape persecution in Persia); Parsee
Piltdown man (manufactured fossil of a fraudulent ape-human missing link, Eoanthropus dawsoni)
Epistle to the Hebrews (book of the Bible)
Epistle to the Galatians (book of the Bible)
Homo heidelbergensis
Caucasian person
person from outside one's own province (China); person who moved to Taiwan from the continent after WWII; mainlander
Brazilian (person)
carefree person; person living at his ease
English-speaking person; foreigner
mainlander; person from the mainland
Korean person
Liujiang man; one of the earliest modern humans found in East Asia
Edo-period realm of the Japanese (as opposed to the Ainu) in southern Hokkaido
artificial language
person-year; man-year
person from outside the prefecture; people from other prefectures
Anthropocene
Korean (person)
Kofun people; people of the Kofun period
Western European (esp. the Spanish and the Portuguese); (lit.) southern barbarian
Westerner (esp. the Dutch)
government official (esp. one of low to medium rank); public servant
Examples (29 in total)
Are you Ukrainian?
She is Portuguese.
Bostonians love their city.