ユダヤ人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人
じん Grade: 1
kan'on

Alternative spelling
猶太人 (obsolete)

Etymology

From ユダヤ (yudaya, “Judea”) + 人(じん) (-jin, “person, people”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ユダヤじん [yùdáyáꜜ jìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [jɯ̟da̠ja̠ d͡ʑĩɴ]

Noun

ユダヤ人(じん) • (Yudaya-jin)

a Jew
20(にじゅっ)世(せい)紀(き)までユダヤ人(じん)は世(せ)界(かい)中(じゅう)に散(ち)り散(ぢ)りになって過(す)ごしていた。
Nijusseiki made Yudaya-jin wa sekaijū ni chirijiri ni natte sugoshiteita.
Before the 20th century, the Jews lived scattered all over the world.

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN