"人間" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɲ̟ĩŋɡẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 人間 [canonical] (ruby: (にん), (げん)), ningen [romanization]
Etymology: From a Buddhist term: 人間界(にんげんかい) (ningenkai, “human world”). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|人間界|にんげんかい|gloss=human world}} 人間界(にんげんかい) (ningenkai, “human world”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|にんげん}} 人(にん)間(げん) • (ningen)
  1. human, person, human being Categories (topical): Human
    Sense id: en-人間-ja-noun-3ywq7adN Disambiguation of Human: 55 20 25 0 0
  2. personality, character
    Sense id: en-人間-ja-noun-i8IqZXFR
  3. (Buddhism) literally meaning: "human society", referring to one of the six realms of reincarnation in Buddhist cosmology. Categories (topical): Buddhism
    Sense id: en-人間-ja-noun-riDZ1ZBo Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 10 4 32 26 29 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 7 4 31 28 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 18 7 33 18 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 15 8 77 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 3 31 28 31 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 17 9 74 Topics: Buddhism, lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 人類 (jinrui) (ruby: 人類(じんるい)) [person]
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: 人間 [canonical] (ruby: (じん), (かん)), jinkan [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 人間 (MC nyin kean|keanH). Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|ltc|-|sort=しんかん'}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|人間}} 人間 (MC nyin kean|keanH) Head templates: {{ja-noun|じんかん}} 人(じん)間(かん) • (jinkan)
  1. (archaic) the world in which people live; the world, society Tags: archaic Synonyms: 世の中 (yo no naka) (ruby: (), (なか)), 世間 (seken) (ruby: (), (けん))
    Sense id: en-人間-ja-noun--czyNbAf Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 10 4 32 26 29 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 7 4 31 28 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 3 31 28 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: 人間 [canonical] (ruby: (ひと), ()), hitoma [romanization]
Etymology: 人 (hito, “human”) + 間 (ma, “place, space”) Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|人|間|sort=ひとま|t1=human|t2=place, space|tr1=hito|tr2=ma}} 人 (hito, “human”) + 間 (ma, “place, space”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ひとま}} 人(ひと)間(ま) • (hitoma)
  1. (dated, rare) a place devoid of people Tags: dated, rare
    Sense id: en-人間-ja-noun-INH8PUSg Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 10 4 32 26 29 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 7 4 31 28 30 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 3 31 28 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Download JSON data for 人間 meaning in Japanese (6.8kB)

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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese dated terms",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a place devoid of people"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated, rare) a place devoid of people"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "人間"
}
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  "section": "Japanese",
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  "title": "人間",
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.