当人 (tounin)
the one concerned, the said person
- JLPT N1
- noun
- Pitch 1
- #11832 most frequent
Meaning
当人 (とうにん, tounin) is a JLPT N1 noun meaning “the one concerned, the said person”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 8
当人は 意外に 平気なようね。
The person in question seems to be surprisingly cool about it.
とは当人の言。
as he said.
当人のいないところで 悪口を 言うべきでない。
You shouldn't speak ill of a man behind his back.
当人がいないところで 悪口を 言うべきではない。
It is the place where there is no person in question, and you shouldn't say abuse.
当人の 終始 変わらない 努力が 最後にものを 言うのである。
It is your constant efforts that count most in the end.
あることにすすんで 割こうとする 時間 量で、それが 当人にとってどのくらい 重要なのかが 分かる。
The amount of time someone is willing to spend on something may communicate how important it is to him.「
騙された」と 言ってしまえばそれまでですが、「うまい 話」に 乗った 当人であることは 間違いありません。
If you say "I was tricked," well that's certainly so but there's no mistaking that you were the one who signed up on a "sweet deal".
私がその当人です. I'm the person in question.彼は相当人生経験を積んだ. He has seen a lot of life [the world].当人たちの好きなようにさせるさ. Let them have their own way.その約2ヵ月後に当人も薨去。
Two months later, he also died.