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JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

人にん間げん

ningen

human being, person

Example sentences

彼かれは普通ふつうの人間にんげんです。
He’s just an ordinary man.
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猫ねこは人間にんげんではない。
Cats are not human.
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彼かれは、人間にんげんです。
He is human.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 人間

人personOnジン・ニンKunひと
間space; intervalOnカン・ケンKunあいだ・ま・あい

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