みな

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Japanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Alternative spelling

⟨mi2na⟩ → */mʷina//mina/

From Old Japanese.

Appears in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

みな (mina

  1. everyone, everybody
  2. all, everything
Usage notes[edit]

Especially for the first sense, usually suffixed with the honorifics さん (-san, polite) or さま (-sama, formal) when addressing a group.

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Etymology 2[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of みな – see the following entry:

(The following entry is uncreated: .)

Etymology 3[edit]

Other various kanji spellings.

Proper noun[edit]

みな (Mina

  1. 美奈, 美娜, 実奈, 実名: a female given name

References[edit]

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Old Japanese[edit]

Noun[edit]

みな (mi2na)

  1. : everybody, everyone