► 代名詞
人 [(2)ひと] [coll] [peer] meaning: me rank: 1
☆ お前人を何だと思ってるんだ ⇨ What does you take me for?
☆ 人の事に口出しするな ⇨ Don’t interfere with other people’s affair. It is none of your business
☆ 人を馬鹿にするな ⇨ Don’t treat me like a fool
► 名詞
人 [(2)ひと] [coll] meaning: other person rank: 1
☆ あいつは人を馬鹿にしている ⇨ He treats others like idiots (☛ It can be either singular or plural)
☆ 彼は人の気持ちが分からない ⇨ He doesn’t understand other people’s feelings (☛ It can be either singular or plural)
☆ 彼女は人の悪口を言うのが好きだ ⇨ She loves to speak ill of others (☛ It can be either singular or plural)
人 [(2)ひと] meaning: people rank: 1
☆ 人とはそういうものだ ⇨ That’s how people are (☛ Always singular when used as “people in general”)
☆ 人の言う事を気にしていたらキリがない ⇨ There is no end if you start worrying about what other people say (☛ Always singular when used as “people in general”)
☆ 今日は街に人が多かった ⇨ There were so many people out there in the town today (☛ Always singular when used as “people in general”)
☆ 沢山の人(達)が抗議に集まった ⇨ Many people gathered for the protest (☛ Use of plural is optional in Japanese)
人 [(2)ひと] meaning: person rank: 1
☆ 人の命が掛かっている ⇨ Human lives are at stake
☆ 彼女は良い人だ ⇨ She is a nice person
人 [(2)ひと] [人が良い] meaning: person rank: 1
☆ 彼は人が良過ぎて損をしている ⇨ He is too nice of a person and losing out
► 接尾辞
人 [(1)じん] meaning: person rank: 1
☆ その噂は業界人は皆知っていた ⇨ All of the industry people knew about the rumor
☆ 彼は民間人として軍で働いている ⇨ He works for the military as a civilian
☆ 彼はアメリカ人だ ⇨ He is an American (☛ Nationality is always じん)
人 [にん] meaning: people rank: 1
☆ このスタジアムは五万人を収容する ⇨ This stadium can house 50,000 people
☆ この車は四人（よにん）乗りだ ⇨ This car is for four people (☛ The counting word for three people and more. See ひとり for one person, ふたり for two people)
☆ 友達三人でラーメン屋に行った ⇨ Three of us friends went to a ramen restaurant (☛ The counting word for three people and more. See ひとり for one person, ふたり for two people)
人 [にん] meaning: person rank: 1
☆ 彼は有名な料理人だ ⇨ He is a famous cook (☛ There is no clear rule for when to use 人 instead of 者(しゃ))
More examples:
- 執念深い人 ⇨ A vindictive person. Someone who dwells on the past with rancor
- 思慮の浅い人 ⇨ Someone who is not very thoughtful
- 幸せをどう定義するかは人によって異なる ⇨ It depends on each person how to define happiness
- この漁船には十人が乗り組んでいる ⇨ 10 people are on board of this commercial fishing ship
- 人慣れた猿 ⇨ A wild monkey that is accustomed to be around humans
- 無機的な人 ⇨ A person without emotions. A person with sterile, robot-like personality
- 彼女は女一人で五人の子供を育てた ⇨ She raised five children alone
- この島には有史以前から人が住んでいた ⇨ This island has been inhabited since prehistoric times
- 彼等は子供が二人いる ⇨ They have two kids
- あの二人はおしどり夫婦だ ⇨ Those two are a duck couple, a happy couple
- 警察は犯人の車を追走した ⇨ The police ran after the suspect’s car
- 彼が死んでも悲しむ人はいない ⇨ Nobody will grieve when he dies
- 犯人は逮捕された ⇨ The perpetrator was arrested
- 彼女は人気の歌手だ ⇨ She is a popular singer
- 彼等の人気が爆発した ⇨ Their popularity has exploded