Illustration: At an international community sports gathering in a Japanese municipal gym, a participant stands with the Japanese delegation, holding a small Japanese flag. The same flag emblem appears on their plain team jacket.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

日本人にほんじん

nihonjin

Japanese person

Example sentences

  1. あなたは日本人にほんじんですか。

    Are you Japanese?

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  2. あの人ひとたちは日本人にほんじんなの？

    Are they Japanese?

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  3. あなたは日本人にほんじんに見みえます。

    You look Japanese.

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Kanji in 日本人

  • 日sun; dayOnニチ・ジツKunひ
  • 本book; presentOnホンKunもと
  • 人personOnジン・ニンKunひと

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