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人間

人間

See also: 人间

Chinese

man; person; people
 
interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (人間) 人 間
simp. (人间) 人 间

Noun

人間

  1. the human world; the world of mortals

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
人 間
にん
Grade: 1 		けん > げん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

人間 ‎(hiragana にんげん, romaji ningen)

  1. human, person, human being
  2. personality, character
  3. Buddhist term, literally meaning: "human society", referring to one of the six realms of reincarnation in Buddhist cosmology.

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Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
人 間
じん
Grade: 1 		かん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Noun

人間 ‎(hiragana じんかん, romaji jinkan)

  1. (archaic) the world in which people live; the world, society

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
人 間
ひと
Grade: 1 		ま
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Noun

人間 ‎(hiragana ひとま, romaji hitoma)

  1. a place devoid of people

References

  1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja in this term
人 間

Noun

人間 • ‎(in-gan) ‎(hangeul 인간)

  1. Hanja form? of 인간, “people, humanity”.

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