にほんじん
Nihonjin
Other forms: ニッポン人
Also read: にっぽんじん
日本人 (Nihonjin) is a Japanese noun meaning “Japanese person”.
Meanings
- nounJapanese person
Examples
日本人は目が黒い。
The Japanese have dark eyes.
彼らは日本人ですか。
Are they Japanese?
彼女の父親は日本人だ。
Her father is Japanese.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).