Meaning

Primary

Someone Else

Alternative

Other People

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Here you have other and person joined together by the particle , which shows that "other" is describing "person". So this means someone else or other people.

This is more general than 他人, which you already learned. 他の人 can be anyone that's not the speaker, or not the person being talked about. 他人, on the other hand, has an added implication that the person is someone unknown or unrelated.

Reading

ほかのひと
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This uses the kanji's kun'yomi readings, which you've already learned. As long as you remember those, you should be good to go!

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 他の人の目

    other people's eyes

    他の人の心

    other people's feelings, other people's minds

    他の人の人生

    other people's lives

Context Sentences

いいよ、他の人にしてもらうから!

Fine, I'll have someone else do it!

え、いらないの?じゃあ、他の人にあげるね。

Oh, you don't want it? Then I'll give it to someone else.

へー、それで他の人をだましたんだ!

Huh, so you deceived someone else!

Kanji Composition