Meaning

Primary

Man

Word Type

noun

Explanation

The particle makes it so the belongs to the . Basically, this literally means "a man person" or "a person of man." It's a more polite way to say plain old man, though, so all you have to remember is that.

Reading

おとこのひと
  • 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 4 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

  • 男の人がやる

    a man does something

    男の人がする

    a man does something

    男の人がいる

    there's a man

Context Sentences

田中先生は男の人です。

Tanaka sensei is a man.

男の人用のブーツは中々ありませんでした。

There were not many boots for men.

ロマンチックな男の人ってプロポーズでフラッシュモブやりがちよね。

A romantic man tends to do a flash mob when proposing.

Kanji Composition