アメリカ人

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.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) アメリカじん [àméríkáꜜjìǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [a̠me̞ɾʲika̠ʑĩɴ]

Noun

アメリカ人(じん) • (Amerika-jin) 

  1. American person

Synonyms

References

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