"何人" meaning in Japanese

See 何人 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

Forms: 何人 [canonical] (ruby: (なん), (にん)), nannin [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|pronoun|なんにん}} 何(なん)人(にん) • (nannin)
  1. how many people
    Sense id: en-何人-ja-pron-3XoK9uZ8
  2. (何人も) many people
    Sense id: en-何人-ja-pron-t6mcOg2N
  3. (何人か) several people
    Sense id: en-何人-ja-pron-06lhdtRO Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese heteronyms, Japanese interrogative pronouns, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese pronouns, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 4 0 61 6 21 9 Disambiguation of Japanese heteronyms: 10 0 74 16 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese interrogative pronouns: 20 11 29 13 17 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 2 0 85 3 6 4 Disambiguation of Japanese pronouns: 21 11 30 14 11 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 17 0 56 27 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 13 12 64 3 8 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 2 72 4 8 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 2 0 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 幾人 (ikutari, ikunin)
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

Forms: 何人 [canonical] (ruby: (なに), (じん)), nanijin [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|pronoun|なにじん}} 何(なに)人(じん) • (nanijin)
  1. which nationality
    Sense id: en-何人-ja-pron-ipBx03B2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

Forms: 何人 [canonical] (ruby: (なに), (びと)), nanibito [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|pronoun|なにびと}} 何(なに)人(びと) • (nanibito)
  1. what kind of person
    Sense id: en-何人-ja-pron-t4SWsVpC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Pronoun

Forms: 何人 [canonical] (ruby: (なん), (ぴと)), nanpito [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|pronoun|なんぴと}} 何(なん)人(ぴと) • (nanpito)
  1. (law) anybody Categories (topical): Law Synonyms: 何者 (nanimono) (ruby: (なに), (もの))
    Sense id: en-何人-ja-pron-vLkzMlJW Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4
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        {
          "english": "No person shall be denied the right of access to the courts.",
          "ref": "1946, The Constitution of Japan, Article 32",
          "roman": "Nanpito mo, saibansho ni oite saiban o ukeru kenri o ubawarenai.",
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              "何人",
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            [
              "裁判所",
              "さいばんしょ"
            ],
            [
              "裁判",
              "さいばん"
            ],
            [
              "受",
              "う"
            ],
            [
              "権利",
              "けんり"
            ],
            [
              "奪",
              "うば"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "何人も、裁判所において裁判を受ける権利を奪われない。"
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              "何",
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              "者",
              "もの"
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      "word": "幾人"
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    }
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 何人 meaning in Japanese (4.7kB)

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