"人々" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [çito̞bʲito̞] Forms: 人々 [canonical] (ruby: (ひと), (びと)), hitobito [romanization]
Etymology: Reduplication of 人 (hito, “person”) to explicitly emphasize plurality. The second character is replaced with the 々 symbol, the Japanese ditto mark to show duplication of the preceding character. The hito changes to bito as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{m|ja|人||person|tr=hito}} 人 (hito, “person”), {{m|ja|々}} 々, {{m|ja|連濁}} 連濁, {{sortkey|ja|人々}} ひとひと', {{rendaku2|hito|bito}} The hito changes to bito as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|ひとびと}} 人(ひと)々(びと) • (hitobito)
  1. people, each person, everybody Wikipedia link: Daijisen, Shogakukan, Tōkyō, ja:大辞林, ja:大辞泉, ja:松村明

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