How to say "human" in Japanese

• 人間にんげんJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe common noun for a human being: it covers 'human', 'person' and 'man' when speaking of people as a species or as individuals, typically contrasted with animals or machines.
  どんなに財産ざいさんがあっても、貪欲どんよくな人間にんげんは満足まんぞくできない。世界中せかいじゅうの財宝ざいほうを集あつめても幸福こうふくにはなれない。↗

  No amount of wealth can satisfy a covetous man. All the treasure in the world won't make him happy.
• ヒューマンCommon
  na-adjective, nounA katakana loanword for 'human'. On its own it is seldom the word you want in ordinary sentences — the noun for a human being is 人間 — and it really lives inside larger borrowed expressions.
• 人的じんてきCommon
  na-adjectiveA な-adjective meaning 'human' in the sense 'to do with people': it describes human as opposed to material or physical factors, close to English 'personal'.
• 人間的にんげんてきCommon
  na-adjectiveA な-adjective for 'human' as a quality: it describes warmth, fallibility or behaviour befitting a person, as in calling someone's reaction 'only human'.
  その男おとこには同情どうじょう心しんといった人間的にんげんてき感情かんじょうはなかった。↗

  The man was devoid of such human feelings as sympathy.
• 仁じんCommon
  nounNot a noun for a human being: 仁 denotes benevolence — the virtue of being humane toward others — and it also serves as a personal name.

For the noun 'human being' use 人間; for adjectival uses pick 人的 (to do with people) or 人間的 (human-like in quality); 「ヒューマン」 is a loanword rarely used alone, and 仁 means benevolence, not 'human'.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 人間にんげんhuman being
• ヒューマンhuman
• 人的じんてきhuman
• 人間的にんげんてきhuman
• 人間らしいにんげんらしいhuman
• 人らしいひとらしいlike a decent person
• 血の通ったちのかよったflesh-and-blood
• 人の子ひとのこ(someone's) child
• ひとhuman (Homo sapiens)
• 仁じんhuman