JLPT N3 · Noun

他人 (tanin)

他人 (たにん, tanin) is a Japanese noun meaning “another person; other people”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: たにん
Romaji: tanin
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

another person; other people; others · noun
unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood) · noun
outsider; stranger · noun

Example sentences

彼女はもっと他人の言うことを聞くべきだ。

She should listen more to other people.

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

Kanji in 他人

他

other, another, the othersタ・ほか · 5 strokes

人

personジン・ニン・ひと・-り · 2 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 他人.

他たother (esp. people and abstract matters)他ほかanother placeその他そのほかthe rest他方たほうone (esp. of two)他動詞たどうしtransitive verb人じん-ian (e.g. Italian)人にんcounter for people人ひとperson大人おとなadult一人ひとりone person二人ふたりtwo persons外国人がいこくじんforeigner人口じんこうpopulation人形にんぎょうdoll

Source: JMdict entry 1581400 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.