"赤の他人" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [a̠ka̠ no̞ ta̠ɲ̟ĩɴ] Forms: 赤の他人 [canonical] (ruby: (あか), (), (にん)), aka no tanin [romanization]
Etymology: Compound of 赤 (aka, “red”, used here to mean "clearly, obviously, completely") + の (no, possessive marker) + 他人 (tanin, “other person”). First attested in a 浄瑠璃 (jōruri, “puppet theater”) script from 1702. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|赤|の|他人|pos1=used here to mean "clearly, obviously, completely"|pos2=possessive marker|sort=あかのたにん|t1=red|t3=other person|tr1=aka|tr2=no|tr3=tanin}} 赤 (aka, “red”, used here to mean "clearly, obviously, completely") + の (no, possessive marker) + 他人 (tanin, “other person”), {{m|ja|浄瑠璃||puppet theater|tr=jōruri}} 浄瑠璃 (jōruri, “puppet theater”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|あか の たにん}} 赤(あか)の他(た)人(にん) • (aka no tanin)
  1. (idiomatic) a complete stranger Wikipedia link: Daijisen, Kyōsuke Kindaichi, Shogakukan, Tōkyō, ja:大辞林, ja:大辞泉, ja:新明解国語辞典, ja:松村明 Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): People

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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 2024-05-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). 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.

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