Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ひと
Grade: 1
ひと > びと
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
人人

Etymology edit

Reduplication of (hito, person) to explicitly emphasize plurality.[1][2][3] The second character is replaced with the symbol, the Japanese ditto mark to show duplication of the preceding character. The hito changes to bito as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(ひと)(びと) (hitobito

  1. people, each person, everybody
    • 2004 June 4, “レオニンの(じゅう)(しゃ)”, in フィフス・ドーン [Fifth Dawn], Wizards of the Coast:
      (わたし)(おう)かもしれないが、(へい)()(ひと)(びと)なくしては、(わたし)(なに)(もの)でもないのだ。
      Watashi wa ō ka mo shirenai ga, heishi ya hitobito naku shite wa, watashi wa nanimono de mo nai no da.
      I may be king, but without my soldiers and my people, I am nobody.

References edit

  1. ^ 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN