Meaning

Primary

Man

Word Type

noun

Explanation

A man person is a man.

There's a particle stuck in the middle of this word. Here it just means the noun before is modifying the noun after.

Don't worry if that's hard to remember though. Just remember 男の人 means "man" (and that it's more polite than plain ).

Reading

おとこのひと
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This word is actually two separate words combined with a particle. So, since you treat them like separate words, you read each of them with the kun'yomi readings (they are both single kanji words all alone). That being said, in level 4 you learned about the vocab readings for these separate words, so use that knowledge to remember the reading for this word as well.

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 男の人の声

    a man's voice

    男の人の手

    a man's hand

    男の人の車

    a man's car

Context Sentences

田中先生は男の人です。

Tanaka sensei is a man.

男の人用のブーツは中々ありませんでした。

There were not many boots for men.

ロマンチックな男の人ってプロポーズでフラッシュモブやりがちよね。

A romantic man tends to do a flash mob when proposing.

Kanji Composition