person

From Lesson 2:Kanji 1·Japanese

Usages of person

人ひとhito
person
人
person
big
大

This guy is so big that everywhere he goes, there's only space for one person.

一ひと人りhitori
one person; alone
lack; yawn
欠

A person without a sword shows a lack of caution.

meat
肉

Inside a person, there's a lot of meat.

umbrella
傘

An umbrella offers a temporary roof to up to four people. Ten would be too much however.

〜人にん〜nin
people counter
二ふた人りfutari
two people
fire
火

Soon, a horned person will arrive, and everything will be on fire.

night
夜

Even if you put a lid on your person and the winter is dotted, the night will still be cold.

graduate
卒

Ten people put a lid on their student life when they graduate.

人じん工こうjinkou
manmade, artificial
料りょう理り人にんryourinin
cook
husband
夫

Thanks to your husband, you are now two persons.

〜人じん〜jin
person from ... (suffix for indicating nationality, race or origin)
inside
内

Inside every upside down box, there's a person.

美び人じんbijin
beautiful woman
人じん生せいjinsei
life
人じん口こうjinkou
population
sitting
坐

Two people on the soil, clearly they are sitting.

(ご)主しゅ人じん(go)shujin
husband

Note how, just as with 家か内ない the kanji in this word correspond to traditional gender roles.

The problem is that though among friends you can use 夫おっと, in a less casual setting there's not currently really a good alternative to ご主しゅ人じん to politely refer to someone else's husband.

友ゆう人じんyuujin
friend
人にん気きninki
popularity
主しゅ人じんshujin
owner (of a store); landlord
protection
戍

A person with a spear offers you protection.

大お人となotona
adult
three people
𡗗 component

Three times a person makes three people.

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