一人

Chinese

 
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(一人)		 一 人

Pronunciation

Noun

一人

  1. a person; one person; someone

Adverb

一人

  1. by one person; alone

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
一 人
ひと
Grade: 1		 り
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

一 (hito, “one”) +‎ 人 (-ri, “person”).
pitori → ɸitori → hitori.

Pronunciation

Noun

一人 (hiragana ひとり, rōmaji hitori)

  1. one person
  2. (attributive) doing something by oneself; one-man

Etymology 2

pidari → ɸidari. Apophonic form of 一人 (hitori).

Noun

一人 (hiragana ひだり, rōmaji hidari)

  1. one person
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Synonyms
See also

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
一 人
かず
Grade: 1		 ひと
Grade: 1

Proper noun

一人 (hiragana かずひと, rōmaji Kazuhito)

  1. A male given name.

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
一 人
かず
Grade: 1		 と
Grade: 1

Proper noun

一人 (hiragana かずと, rōmaji Kazuto)

  1. A male given name.

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
  • Sakamoto, Tarō; Ienaga Saburō, Inoue Mitsusada, Ōno Susumu (1965) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei: Nihon Shoki (vol. 1), Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
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