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アメリカ人

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
人
じん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of アメリカ (Amerika, “America”) +‎ 人 (-jin, “person”).

First cited to a text from circa 1870.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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アメリカ人(じん) • (Amerika-jin) 

  1. American person

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “アメリカ‐じん 【─人】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
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