本人
Chinese edit
roots or stems of plants; origin; source roots or stems of plants; origin; source; this; the current; root; foundation; basis; (a measure word) |
man; person; people | ||
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simp. and trad. (本人) |
本 | 人 |
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
本人
Synonyms edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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本 | 人 |
ほん Grade: 1 |
にん Grade: 1 |
on’yomi | goon |
Etymology edit
Possibly from Middle Chinese, or composed in Japan of Sinitic elements: 本 (hon, “main; real; the one under discussion”) + 人 (nin, “person”). Compare modern Mandarin 本人 (běnrén).
First cited to roughly 1215.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- [circa 1215] the person themselves, that person himself or herself, the person in question, the relevant person, the person concerned
- [late 1300s] the main person, the leader
- [1525] a ringleader, the lead instigator or conspirator
References edit
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Korean edit
Hanja in this term | |
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本 | 人 |