みな

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling
皆

⟨mi2na⟩ → */mʷina/ → /mina/

From Old Japanese.

Appears in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).

Pronunciation

Noun

みな • (mina) 

  1. everyone, everybody
  2. all, everything
Usage notes

Especially for the first sense, usually suffixed with the honorifics さん (-san, polite) or さま (-sama, formal) when addressing a group.

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Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of みな – see the following entry: 蜷

(The following entry is uncreated: 蜷.)

Etymology 3

Other various kanji spellings.

Proper noun

みな • (Mina) 

  1. 美奈, 美娜, 実奈, 実名: a female given name

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Old Japanese

Noun

みな (mi2na)

  1. 皆: everybody, everyone
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