人間

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Japanese [edit]

Kanji in this term

Noun [edit]

人間 (hiragana にんげん, romaji ningen)

  1. person, human being
  2. personality, character
  3. Buddhist term, literally meaning: "human society", referring to one of the six realms of reincarnation in Buddhist cosmology.

See also [edit]

  • (person): 人類 (じんるい, jinrui)

Noun [edit]

人間 (hiragana じんかん, romaji jinkan)

  1. (archaic) the world in which people live; the world, society

Noun [edit]

人間 (hiragana ひとま, romaji hitoma)

  1. a place devoid of people

Mandarin [edit]

simpl. 人间
trad.

Noun [edit]

人間 (traditional, Pinyin rénjīan, simplified 人间)

  1. man's world
  2. the world of mortals

Min Nan [edit]

simpl. 人间
trad.

Noun [edit]

人間 (traditional, POJ jîn-kan, simplified 人间)

  1. man's world
  2. the world of mortals