一人

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Chinese

 
one; single; a
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(一人)

Pronunciation


Noun

(deprecated template usage) 一人

  1. a person; one person; someone

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 一人

  1. by one person; alone

Derived terms

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Descendants

Sino-Xenic (一人):
  • Japanese: 一人(いちにん) (ichinin)

(deprecated template usage)


Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ひと
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese.

Derived from (hito, 1, one) +‎ (-ri, counter for persons). Compare the development of hidari (see below).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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Noun

(ひと)() (hitori

  1. one person
    一人(ひとり)()らす
    hitori de kurasu
    to live by oneself (without companions)
    一人(ひとり)カラオケヒトカラ
    hitori karaoke/hitokara
    one-man karaoke session
    一人(ひとり)時間(じかん)()(ひと)
    hitori no jikan ga suki na hito
    person who likes their alone time
  2. singleness, singularity
    Synonym: 単独 (tandoku)
  3. one's own efforts or strengths
    Synonyms: 自力 (jiriki), 独力 (dokuryoku)
  4. a single, singlehood
    Synonym: 独身 (dokushin)
Usage notes
  • Like 二人 (futari), despite its etymology, furigana notations for this word tend not to use mono-ruby by attaching kana to each kanji ((ひと)()), but group-ruby by attaching all the kana to all the kanji as a whole (一人(ひとり)).
Derived terms
Idioms
Proverbs
See also

Adverb

(ひと)() (hitori

  1. solely
    Synonym: 単独 (tandoku de)
  2. only, simply
    Synonyms: ただ (tada), ただ単に (tada tan ni), 単に (tan ni)
  3. alone, automatically, by itself, naturally
    Synonyms: 自然に (jinen ni), 独りでに (hitoride ni)

Proper noun

(ひと)() (Hitori

  1. a female given name

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
たり > だり
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

From Old Japanese.

  • Derived from (hi, 1, one, shorter form) +‎ (-tari, counter for persons). The tari changes to dari as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
  • Alternatively, a shift from compound of (hito, 1, one) +‎ (-tari):
    ⟨pi1to2 tari⟩ → */pʲit̚tari/⟨pi1dari⟩ → */pʲidari//fidari//hidari/

Noun

()(だり) (hidari

  1. (obsolete) one person
    • 720, Nihon Shoki (poem 11)
      愛瀰詩烏(えみしを)毗儾利(ひたり)毛毛那比苔(ももなひと)比苔破易陪廼毛(ひとはいへども)多牟伽毗毛勢儒(たむかひもせず) [Man'yōgana]
      蝦夷(えみし)ひだり(もも)(ひと)(ひと)()へども手向(たむ)かひもせず [Modern spelling]
      Emishi o hidari momo na hito hito wa iedo mo tamukai mo sezu
      A barbarian, just one, is worth a hundred men, so the saying goes, and yet they didn't even stand and fight.[1]

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
いち
Grade: 1
にん
Grade: 1
goon

From Middle Chinese 一人 (MC 'jit nyin).

Alternative forms

  • (one person, top person): 1人

Pronunciation

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Noun

(いち)(にん) (ichinin

  1. one person
  2. the first or top person in a particular place or field
  3. Synonym of 右大臣 (udaijin): a Minister of the Right
Derived terms
Idioms
Proverbs
See also

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
いち
Grade: 1
じん
Grade: 1
goon kan’on

Compound of Middle Chinese elements (ichi, 1, one, goon reading) +‎ (jin, person, kan'on reading).

Pronunciation

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Noun

(いち)(じん) (ichijin

  1. a ruler with a heavenly mandate; an Emperor of Japan
    Synonyms: 上一人 (kami ichinin), 上御一人 (kami go-ichinin), 天子 (tenshi), 天皇 (tennō)
Derived terms

Etymology 5

Various nanori readings.

Proper noun

一人(かずと) or 一人(かずひと) or 一人(かずんど) or 一人(くにひと) (Kazuto or Kazuhito or Kazundo or Kunihito

  1. a male given name

References

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