皆さん

Japanese

Kanji in this term
皆
みな
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

From 皆 (mina, “everybody, everyone”) +‎ さん (-san, honorific suffix), used when addressing a group.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) みなさん [mìnáꜜsàǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
  • IPA(key): [mʲina̠sã̠ɴ]

Pronoun

皆(みな)さん • (minasan) 

  1. everybody, everyone

See also

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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