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8 人間 Human

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Meaning

Primary

Human

Alternative

Human Being

Word Type

noun

Explanation

The person interval. Just think of different intervals each with a different type of species. The raccoon interval... the dog interval... the person interval... they are the humans.

Reading

にんげん

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. For 人 that's okay. For 間 it's something weird, something you didn't learn with the kanji. To remember this, think of the humans, living on this earth. They are only a small part of this earth's existence, though. This human generation (げん) is hopefully going to be a long one, but we'll see how that goes.

Context

Context Sentences

さっきカフェで、人間のようにコーヒーをのんでるしば犬を見かけたよ。

A while ago I saw a shiba inu drinking coffee like a human at a cafe.

わたしのすきなしは、あい田みつをの、「つまづいたって いいじゃないか にんげんだもの」というしです。人間というかん字がひらがなでかかれているところがすきです。

My favorite poem is Mitsuo Aida's, "It’s ok to stumble, isn’t it,we are humans after all." I like this because the kanji for humans is written in hiragana.

人間はいつも人生の目的について悩んでいる。でも、私はその答えを見つけた気がします。トーフグで勉強することです!

Humans have always wondered about the purpose of life. I believe I have found the answer: studying on Tofugu.

Kanji Composition

  • 人
    • にん
    • Person
  • 間
    • かん
    • Interval
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