Word details

西洋人

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 西洋人.

Dictionary

Entry

西洋人いようじんNounFreq #28915
1

Western person; Westerner

Examples
彼らは西洋人がやってくる以前から、もともと住んでいたニュージランド人なのです。
They were the native New Zealanders before the Western people came.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

西

west, Spain

6 strokesFrequency 259JLPT N4Grade 2

On

セイサイ

Kun

にし

Nanori

いりひしむら

ocean, sea, foreign, Western style

9 strokesFrequency 763JLPT N3Grade 3

On

ヨウ

Nanori

なだひろひろしよし

person

2 strokesFrequency 5JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ジンニン

Kun

ひと-り-と

Nanori

ひこふみ

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