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人間 (にんげん): human being, person — Japanese vocabulary

人間 is read にんげん and means "human being, person". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

人間

Reading
にんげん · ningen
Translation
human being, person
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
にんげんが

Example

人間は生まれつき社会的な動物だ。

にんげんはうまれつきしゃかいてきなどうぶつだ。

Man is a social animal by nature.

Kanji in this word

  • 人 — person
  • 間 — interval, between

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