How to say "everyone" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- noun, pronoun, adverbThe everyday word for a group of people: everyone, everybody, or all. This is the plain choice in most contexts, and the word is usually written in kana alone.
- 全員ぜんいんnoun, adverb“Everyone” as all the members: it views a group as a set of members and states that every one of them is included, none left out. Typical of announcements addressed to a whole group.
- 方々かたがたnounAn honorific, respectful (sonkeigo) way to refer to or address a group, close to “ladies and gentlemen”; it suits speeches and announcements where politeness is called for.
- 各自かくじnoun, adverbHere “everyone” means each person taken individually: every individual, respectively, with their own share or duty. It fits rules and instructions that address the members of a group one by one.
- 各位かくいnounA formal term of address meaning “each and every one of you” or “ladies and gentlemen”. As a plain rendering of “everyone” it is marginal; it belongs in notices and formal correspondence.
Use 「みな」 for people in general, 全員 to stress that all members of a group are included, 各自 for each person taken individually, and 方々 or 各位 when respectfully addressing a group.
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Japanese equivalents
- みなeveryone
- 全員ぜんいんall members
- 方々かたがたpeople
- 各自かくじeach (person)
- 各位かくいeveryone
- 皆様みなさまeveryone
- 誰もだれもeveryone
- 皆さんみなさんall
- 誰でもだれでもanyone
- 誰にもだれにもto anyone
- 誰にでもだれにでもanyone
- 誰も彼もだれもかれもeveryone
- 誰しもだれしもeveryone
- 皆様方みなさまがたeveryone
- 皆々みなみなall
- 諸人もろびとmany people
- エブリバディeverybody
- 何人もなにびとも(no matter) who
- 皆皆様みなみなさまLadies and Gentlemen!
- 誰人たれびとwhichever person (indefinite pronoun)
- だれなりとanyone
- みんなさんall
- 誰にだってだれにだってanyone
- 誰だってだれだってanyone
- 方たちかたたちpeople
- 満座まんざthe whole assembly
- 世間の皆様せけんのみなさまmembers of the public
- 諸君しょくんgentlemen
- 諸公しょこうladies and gentlemen
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