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Word of the Day

邦(ほう)人(じん)

Rank #97,807

Found in 8 VNs · 58 total media

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Meanings

Japanese national (esp. abroad)

fellow countryman

Pitch accent

Forms

邦人

100.0%

ほうじん

Example Sentences

from Jiten

邦人とも異人とも定かならず。

Source: Full Metal Daemon Muramasa

で、その父親もまごうことなき邦人だそうだ。

Source: Omega no Shikai -1. Shiki no Hajimari-

小さい文字で、今朝見た邦人行方不明の見出しもあった。

Source: SeaBed

Sentences with Translation

from Tatoeba

子供はみんな異邦人だ。

Children are all foreigners.

Kanji

邦

Japan, country, home country

Heisig: home country

N1Junior high7 strokes#2,016 freq

On'yomi

ホウ

Kun'yomi

くに

Common Compounds

聯邦(れんぽう)commonwealth, federation of states, confederation

邦人(ほうじん)Japanese national (esp. abroad)

邦楽

Conjugations

Noun

Plain邦人だ

Is (plain)

Polite邦人です

Is (polite)

Negative邦人じゃない

Is not (plain)

Past邦人だった

Was (plain)

Past polite邦人でした

Was (polite)

Te-form邦人で

Connective

Conditional邦人なら(ば)

If it is

As subject邦人が

Subject marker

As topic邦人は

Topic marker

As object邦人を

Object marker

Possessive邦人の

Of / belonging to

Related VNDB Tags

Tags common across the top 50 VNs where this word appears most

Shouwa Erain 2 VNs 20th Centuryin 2 VNs Militaryin 3 VNs Politicsin 3 VNs Combat Capable Friendsin 3 VNs Vertically Oriented Textin 2 VNs No Skip Read Text Optionin 2 VNs

Look Up

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Word data and example sentences provided by Jiten.

Kanji details and compound words from KanjiAPI. Visual novel data from VNDB.

Dictionary data from JMdict, KANJIDIC, and JMnedict, property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used in conformance with the Group’s licence.

ほうじん○

Most found in

Omega no Shikai -1. Shiki no Hajimari-

3 occurrences

Most found in

Omega no Shikai -1. Shiki no Hajimari-

3 occurrences

(ほうがく)

Japanese music (esp. traditional Japanese music)

東邦(とうほう)Oriental country, the Orient

邦画(ほうが)Japanese film

邦題(ほうだい)Japanese title (given to foreign work)

友邦(ゆうほう)friendly nation

邦訳(ほうやく)translation into Japanese

人

person

Heisig: person

N4Grade 12 strokes#1 freq

On'yomi

ジン、ニン

Kun'yomi

-と、-り、ひと

Common Compounds

人生(じんせい)(one's) life

友人(ゆうじん)friend

役人(やくにん)government official

人質(ひとじち)hostage

人体(じんたい)human body

良人(おっと)husband

人名(じんめい)person's name

詩人(しじん)poet

Unique Routes

in 2 VNs

playing a gambling game on behalf of a person or organization (esp. mahjong or pachinko); person who gambles on someone's behalf

密通

みっつうn · vsJul 23

adultery; illicit intercourse

社会科

しゃかいかnJul 22

social studies (school subject)

邦人 - Japanese Word of the Day | VN Club