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 10
当人は意外に平気なようね。
The person in question seems to be surprisingly cool about it.
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].
その約2ヵ月後に当人も薨去。
Two months later, he also died.
当人たちの好きなようにさせるさ.
Let them have their own way.
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".