あの人

Japanese
Kanji in this term
人
ひと
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Literally "that person".

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) あの​ひと [ànóꜜhìtò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • (Tokyo) あのひと​ [ànóhítóꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠no̞çi̥to̞]

Pronoun

あの人(ひと) • (anohito) 

  1. he, she, that person over there (third person singular)
  2. he, she, that person both of us know (third person singular)
  3. my husband, partner (of a female speaker)
    Synonyms: 夫 (otto), 主人 (shujin)

See also

References
  1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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