"本人" meaning in Japanese

See 本人 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [hõ̞ɲ̟ːĩɴ] Forms: 本人 [canonical] (ruby: 本(ほん), 人(にん)), honnin [romanization]
Etymology: Possibly from Middle Chinese, or composed in Japan of Sinitic elements: 本 (hon, “main; real; the one under discussion”) + 人 (nin, “person”). Compare modern Mandarin 本人 (běnrén). First cited to roughly 1215. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=ほんにん}} Middle Chinese, {{cog|zhx}} Sinitic, {{cog|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|本人}} 本人 (běnrén) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ほんにん}} 本(ほん)人(にん) • (honnin)
  1. the person themselves, that person himself or herself, the person in question, the relevant person, the person concerned
    Sense id: en-本人-ja-noun-l9uv9WMy Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 3 0 31 16 16 26 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 0 31 16 16 26 8 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 42 42 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 41 42 18 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 42 41 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 44 42 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 38 42 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 43 40 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 42 41 16
  2. the main person, the leader
    Sense id: en-本人-ja-noun-z~L0XejI Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 3 0 31 16 16 26 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 0 31 16 16 26 8 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 42 42 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 41 42 18 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 42 41 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 44 42 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 38 42 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 43 40 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 42 41 16
  3. a ringleader, the lead instigator or conspirator
    Sense id: en-本人-ja-noun-4oAE-qi4 Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 3 0 31 16 16 26 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 0 31 16 16 26 8 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 42 42 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 41 42 18 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 42 41 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 44 42 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Atamadaka pitch accent (Tōkyō): 38 42 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 43 40 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 42 41 16
     
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Download raw JSONL data for 本人 meaning in Japanese (2.3kB)

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