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人となり

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 人となり.

Dictionary

Entry

人となり為人ひととなりNounFreq #18094
1

hereditary disposition; temperament; nature

Examples
人の価値は持ち物というより人となりにある。
A man's worth lies not so much in what he has as in what he is.
2

Archaic

body build

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

人

person

2 strokesFrequency 5JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ジンニン

Kun

ひと-り-と

Nanori

じとねひこふみ
為

do, change, make, benefit, welfare, be of use, reach to, try, practice, cost, serve as, good, advantage, as a result of

9 strokesFrequency 831JLPT N1Grade 8

On

イ

Kun

ためな.るな.すす.るたりつく.るなり

Nanori

びい

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