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Japanese
Etymology
Reduplication of 人 (hito, “person”) to explicitly emphasize plurality. The second character is replaced with the 々 symbol, the Japanese ditto mark to show duplication of the preceding character. The hito changes to bito as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
Noun
人々 • (hitobito)
- people, each person, everybody
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- 私は王かもしれないが、兵士や人々なくしては、私は何者でもないのだ。
- Watashi wa ō ka mo shirenai ga, heishi ya hitobito naku shite wa, watashi wa nanimono de mo nai no da.
- I may be king, but without my soldiers and my people, I am nobody.
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN