LingakuFrequency rank: 2,426. – 2,427.
- individual; private person; personal; private
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
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- individual
- private person
- personal
- private
This meaning is often used to refer to a single person or distinct entity as opposed to a group or collective.
This refers to someone who values their privacy and prefers to keep personal matters to themselves.
Used to describe something that is related to or belonging to an individual, often in a subjective sense.
This usage pertains to something that is not meant for public knowledge, often implying confidentiality.
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Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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Whether it's national economics, family economics, or personal economics, it's not something where sloppy accounting is good enough.
The truth is that the statement is his personal view.
She said she didn't like it, but I thought, personally, it was very good.
He tends to place more stress on society in general than on individual.
He is an individual with his own living space and his own sleeping space.
The Japanese pay more attention to the group or the organization than to the individual.
12. にほんじん日本人には、み見しら知らぬひと人とかいわ会話をはじめて始めてまだくつろいだきぶん気分にならないうちに、あいて相手の、ねんれい年齢やちい地位、きこん既婚かみこん未婚かなどのこじんてき個人的なことがら事柄をしりたがる知りたがるけいこう傾向がある。
There is a tendency for Japanese to want to know a certain amount of personal information about someone such as age, position and whether they are married or not, before they feel comfortable talking with a stranger.
Japan's problem has been that she has continued to view international relations as an extension of her hierarchical interpersonal relations at home.
In Japan, company aims come before personal goals.
I am very sorry that I have to ask you to change the meeting date to March 6 due to personal reasons.