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大人
Hiragana
おとな
Noun
archaic
possibly
uncommon
Japanese Meaning
大人、成人 / 集団や共同体の長老 / 室町時代後期、村や組合の代表者 / 女官長 / 妻
Easy Japanese Meaning
こどもではないひと。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
成年人；成人 / 长者；群体长老/领袖（历史：室町晚期的村落或行会代表） / 女官长；侍女长；（自称）妻子
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
成年人 / 團體或社群中的長者 / （室町後期）村落或行會的代表
Korean Meaning
어른, 성인 / 집단·공동체의 윗사람; (무로마치 후기) 마을·조합의 대표 / (궁정·옛) 시녀장; 아내
Indonesian
orang dewasa / tetua/pemuka; wakil desa/serikat (sebutan historis) / istri; kepala dayang istana
Vietnamese Meaning
Người lớn; người trưởng thành / Trưởng bối; người đứng đầu cộng đồng/nhóm (trưởng làng, đại diện phường hội thời Muromachi) / Vợ (cách gọi kính trọng của người chồng)
Tagalog Meaning
nasa hustong gulang / nakatatanda o pinuno ng grupo/komunidad / kinatawan ng nayon o samahan (makasaysayan)
Sense（1）
an adult, a grown-up
Sense（2）
an elder of a group or community
Sense（3）
in the late Muromachi period, the representative of a village or guild
Sense（4）
the head lady-in-waiting
Sense（5）
one's wife
Sense（6）
in the Edo period, a kind of civil servant working in Nagasaki
Sense（7）
the head servant
（ romanization ）
（ hiragana ）
Quizzes for review
an adult, a grown-up / an elder of a group or community / in the late Muromachi period, the representative of a village or guild / the head lady-in-waiting / one's wife
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大人
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