個人|こじんkojin[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounindividual; private person; personal; private
    この部屋へやは個人こじん専用せんようです。↗
    This room is for individual use.
  2. nounnatural person
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related人間にんげんNeutralRefers to people or humankind itself, as in 「人間関係」; it looks at a person simply as a human and is not used in contrast with a group.
  • Antonym集団しゅうだんNeutralThe direct opposite of 「個人」: a group or collective of people, as in 「集団行動」.

Use 「個人」 by default for the individual as opposed to a group. 「人間」 means people or humankind in general (human nature is 「人間性」), and 「集団」 is the group or collective side of the contrast.

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Japanese definitions
  1. (社会しゃかいの中なかの)一人一人ひとりひとりの人間にんげん。
  2. (団体だんたいの地位ちいなど、立場たちばを離はなれた)一人ひとりの(人格じんかくを持もった)人間にんげん。
  3. 特定とくていの人間にんげん。一部いちぶの人間にんげん。
  4. 個人こじん競技きょうぎ。
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