人々

Japanese

Etymology

From hito or nin (人, man, human being, person, mankind) + 々 (symbol used to double preceding kanji)

Noun

人々 (hiragana ひとびと, romaji hitobito)

1. Plural form of 人: people, each person, men, human, everybody

Derived terms

• 暗愚な人々 (angu na hitobito): dark souls
• 恵まれた人々 (megumareta hitobito): blessed people
• 虐げられた人々 (shiitagerareta hitobito): the oppressed
• 教育に携わる人々 (kyōiku ni tazusawaru hitobito): those in education

Alternative forms

• 人人