アメリカ人
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 人 |
| じん Grade: 1 |
| on’yomi |
Etymology
Compound of アメリカ (Amerika, “America”) + 人 (-jin, “person”).
First cited to a text from circa 1870.
Pronunciation
Noun
アメリカ人 • (Amerika-jin)
- American person
Synonyms
- アメリカン (amerikan)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “アメリカ‐じん 【─人】”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)
(in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here (Note: Dialectal meanings, etymological theories, pronunciation including modern, dialectal, and historical information, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, historical dictionaries containing this word, and the kanji spellings in those dictionaries have been omitted.)
