► 代名詞
人 [(2)ひと] [coll] [peer] meaning: me rank: 1
☆ あいつは人を馬鹿にしている ⇨ He treats me like idiots
☆ お前、人を何だと思ってるんだ ⇨ What does you take me for?
☆ 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
☆ 人の事に口出しするな ⇨ Don’t interfere with other people’s affair. It is none of your business
☆ 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 (☛ Note “人が悪い” is not a commonly used phrase)
► 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:
- 日本人は米を主食としてきた ⇨ Rice has been the main diet for Japanese
- 弁護士が証人を尋問した ⇨ The attorney questioned, cross-examined, the witness
- 人工皮革 ⇨ Artificial, synthetic, leather
- 千人近くの人がデモに参加した ⇨ Close to 1000 people participated in the demonstration
- あいつが人に道徳を説くとは傑作だ ⇨ It is hilarious that he preaches morals to others
- 彼女はよく気が付く人だ ⇨ She is a very aware and attentive person
- あいつは人に後始末をさせて自分は遊びに行って、本当にいい気なもんだ ⇨ He is so selfish that he has others clean up his mess while he is out playing
- 一般の人はしない発想 ⇨ Ideas ordinary people won’t come up with
- 世界中で人気の歌手 ⇨ A singer popular all over the world
- 彼等は五人掛かりでピアノを家から運び出した ⇨ Five of them brought the piano out of the house
- 彼は殺人未遂で逮捕された ⇨ He was arrested for an attempted murder
- 彼は他人の意見に敏感だ ⇨ He is sensitive to other people’s opinions
- 二人はこそこそ付き合っている ⇨ They are dating secretly, stealthily
- 人間社会はこの百年で劇的に変容した ⇨ Human society has changed dramatically in the last 100 years
- 殆どの人は運動が不足している ⇨ Most people lack, are not doing enough, exercise