Illustration: At the open front of an Edo-period pottery shop, a potter and a restaurant proprietor sit on opposite sides of a low platform. Between them, a trusted intermediary holds a sample bowl where both can inspect it.

Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

仲ちゅう人にん

chuunin

go-between, mediator

As a matchmaker, 仲人 is usually read なこうど. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 二ふたつの店みせの間あいだに仲人ちゅうにんが入はいった。

    An intermediary stepped in between the two shops.

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  2. 父ちちはその取引とりひきで仲人ちゅうにんを務つとめた。

    My father served as an intermediary in that deal.

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  3. 仲人ちゅうにんのおかげで、話はなし合あいが進すすんだ。

    Thanks to the mediator, the talks moved forward.

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Kanji in 仲人

  • 仲go-between; relationshipOnチュウKunなか
  • 人personOnジン・ニンKunひと

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