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無人

無人

See also: 无人

Chinese

 
-less; not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-
man; person; people
trad. (無人)
simp. (无人)

Adjective

無人

  1. depopulated
  2. unmanned

Verb

無人

  1. (literary) there is nobody; to lack someone

Derived terms


Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
にん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Adjectival noun

無人 (-na inflection, hiragana ぶにん, romaji bunin)

  1. shorthanded, lack of help
    • 1920-1935, Shūsei Tokuda, 闇の花 (p. 134, in 徳田秋聲全集):
      「この (なつ)はどこへもいらっしゃらなかったんですか」「え、 (いえ)無人 (ぶにん)なものですから」
      “kono natsu wa doko e mo irasshara nakattan desu ka” “e, ie ga bunin na mono desu kara”
      Didn't you travel anywhere this summer? - Certainly, since our household is shorthanded.
  2. uninhabited, unmanned
Inflection
Derived terms
  • 無人岩 (buningan, boninite)

Noun

無人 (hiragana ぶにん, romaji bunin)

  1. being shorthanded
  2. being uninhabited

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
じん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Adjectival noun

無人 (-na inflection, hiragana むじん, romaji mujin)

  1. Same as above.
Inflection

Noun

無人 (hiragana むじん, romaji mujin)

  1. Same as above.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
にん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Adjectival noun

無人 (-na inflection, hiragana むにん, romaji munin)

  1. Same as above.
Inflection

Noun

無人 (hiragana むにん, romaji munin)

  1. Same as above.