Meaning

Primary

Woman

Word Type

noun

Explanation

A woman person is a woman.

The の particle here means the first noun is modifying the second one, so you can probably see why 女の人 (a woman person) really just means woman! It's more polite than saying 女 by itself, so that's all you have to remember.

Reading

おんなのひと
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This word is actually two separate words combined with a particle. So, since you treat them like separate words, you read each of them with the kun'yomi readings (they are both single kanji words all alone). That being said, in level 1 you learned about the vocab readings for these separate words, so use that knowledge to remember the reading for this word as well.

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 女の人としゃべる

    to chat with a woman

    女の人とチャットする

    to chat with a woman

    女の人とはなす

    to talk with a woman

Context Sentences

あの女の人?マミさんだよ。

That woman over there? That's Mami.

このレストランには女の人のスタッフがたくさんいます。

There are many female staff at this restaurant.

女の人と上手にメールができるようになりたいなあ。

I would love to be able to email with women well.

Kanji Composition