アメリカ人

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
じん
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of アメリカ (Amerika, America) +‎ (-jin, person).

First cited to a text from circa 1870.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

アメリカ(じん) (Amerika-jin

  1. American person

Synonyms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 アメリカ‐じん 【─人】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here