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人気

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
にん
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
goon kan'on
Alternative spelling
人氣 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(にん)() (ninki

  1. popularity

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
ひと
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
kun'yomi goon
Alternative spelling
人氣 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ひと)() (hitoke

  1. (chiefly in the negative) presence of people
    • 1914, 夏目漱石 [Natsume Sōseki], chapter 37, in こゝろ [Kokoro], 下 先生と遺書 [Sensei's Testament]:
      (わたくし)(つか)れて(うち)(かえ)った(とき)(かれ)(へや)依然(いぜん)として人気(ひとけ)のないように(しず)かでした。
      Watakushi ga tsukarete uchi e kaetta toki, kare no heya wa izen to shite hitoke no nai yō ni shizuka deshita.
      When I returned home, tired, his room was still as quiet as if no one were inside.
Derived terms
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN