JLPT N2 · Noun

知人 (chijin)

知人 (ちじん, chijin) is a Japanese noun meaning “friend; acquaintance”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ちじん
Romaji: chijin
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

friend; acquaintance · noun

Example sentences

もし私の家が大邸宅だったら私の誕生日のパーティーには知人をみんな招待するのだが。

If my house were a mansion, I would invite everyone I know to my birthday party.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 知人

知

know, wisdomチ・し.る・し.らせる · 8 strokes

人

personジン・ニン・ひと・-り · 2 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 知人.

知るしるto know承知しょうちknowledge知らせるしらせるto notify知恵ちえwisdom知事ちじprefectural governor知識ちしきknowledge知能ちのうintelligence知らせしらせnews知合いしりあいacquaintance通知つうちnotice知り合いしりあいacquaintance知性ちせいintelligence知的ちてきintellectual未知みちnot yet known

Source: JMdict entry 1420620 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.