成人

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Chinese

 
finish; complete; accomplish
finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth
 man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(成人) 		成 人

Pronunciation 1

Noun

成人

  1. adult; grown-up
    成人教育  ―  chéngrén jiàoyù  ―  adult education
  2. (literary) talented and virtuous person
Synonyms
  • (adult):
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of "adult"):
Derived terms

Pronunciation 2

Verb

成人

  1. to grow up; to become full-grown
  2. to make something of oneself; to become worthy of respect
  3. (literary) to bring someone up
  4. (of a prostitute) to lose virginity
Synonyms

Adjective

成人

  1. (Hakka, Southern Min, of a person) presentable; decent

Pronunciation 3

Verb

成人

  1. (Xiamen Hokkien) to betroth (a girl)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
成 人
せい
Grade: 4 		じん
Grade: 1
kan’on

Pronunciation

Noun

成(せい)人(じん) • (seijin) 

  1. an adult; a grown-up
    成人(せいじん)の平均身長(へいきんしんちょう)
    seijin no heikin shinchō
    average height of adults
    成人(せいじん)向(む)けゲーム
    seijin-muke gēmu
    video game for adults; pornographic video game
    成人(せいじん)済(ず)み
    seijin-zumi
    (social media) minors DNI
    (literally, “already an adult”)

Usage notes

  • In Japan, the legal age for adulthood was changed from 20 to 18 on April 1, 2022. ()

Verb

成(せい)人(じん)する • (seijin suru) suru (stem 成(せい)人(じん)し (seijin shi), past 成(せい)人(じん)した (seijin shita))

  1. to reach adulthood; to come of age

Conjugation

Conjugation of "成人する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 成人し せいじんし seijin shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 成人し せいじんし seijin shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 成人する せいじんする seijin suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 成人する せいじんする seijin suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 成人すれ せいじんすれ seijin sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 成人せよ¹
成人しろ² 		せいじんせよ¹
せいじんしろ² 		seijin seyo¹
seijin shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 成人される せいじんされる seijin sareru
Causative 成人させる
成人さす 		せいじんさせる
せいじんさす 		seijin saseru
seijin sasu
Potential 成人できる せいじんできる seijin dekiru
Volitional 成人しよう せいじんしよう seijin shiyō
Negative 成人しない せいじんしない seijin shinai
Negative continuative 成人せず せいじんせず seijin sezu
Formal 成人します せいじんします seijin shimasu
Perfective 成人した せいじんした seijin shita
Conjunctive 成人して せいじんして seijin shite
Hypothetical conditional 成人すれば せいじんすれば seijin sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
成人

Noun

成人 • (seong'in) (hangeul 성인)

  1. Hanja form? of 성인 (“adult, grown-up”).
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