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Learn Japanese: nihonjin - Japanese person

Japanese
/い-adjectives and な-adjectives
/nihonjin

nihonjin

Word

日に本ほん人じんnihonjin

Meaning

Japanese (person)

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

Course

Lesson

い-adjectives and な-adjectives

Breakdown of nihonjin

日に本ほんnihon

〜人じん〜jin

person from ... (suffix for indicating nationality, race or origin)

Usages of nihonjin

日に本ほん人じん　です　か。nihonjin desu ka.

Are (you) Japanese?

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

日に本ほん人じん　じゃ　ない　です。nihonjin ja nai desu.

(I) am not Japanese.

あの　人ひと　も　日に本ほん人じん　です。ano hito mo nihonjin desu.

That person is Japanese too.

あなた　は　日に本ほん人じん　の　学がく生せい　です。anata wa nihonjin no gakusei desu.

You are a Japanese student^{having the Japanese nationality}.

日に本ほん人じんで、　日に本ほん語ご　の　先せん生せい　です。nihonjinde, nihongo no sensei desu.

(He) is Japanese, and is a Japanese language teacher.

彼かれ　は　日に本ほん人じん　で　も、　日に本ほん語ご　が　話はなせません。kare wa nihonjin de mo, nihongo ga hanasemasen.

Even though he's Japanese, he can't speak Japanese.

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