行人|こうじんkoujin[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounpasser-by; traveler; traveller
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym通行人つうこうにんNeutralNeutral everyday word for a person passing by on a street or road; it denotes the passer-by at that moment and, unlike 行人, carries no sense of a traveler on a journey.

Use 通行人 for an ordinary passer-by on the street; 行人 is the more literary word and can also mean a traveler on a journey.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 仏道ぶつどう修行しゅぎょうをする者もの、行者ぎょうじゃ。
  2. 行人こうじん方ほう。
  3. 乞食こじき坊主ぼうず。
  4. 富士山ふじやまを詣もうでる者もの。
  5. (こうじん)
  6. 通行人つうこうにん。
  7. 使者ししゃ。
  8. 賓客ひんかくの接待せったいを司つかさどる官かん。
  9. 出征しゅっせい兵士へいし。
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