当人

• 読み: とうにん
• ローマ字: tounin
• 漢字の分解: 当 (tou) — the relevant, concerned, hit; 人 (nin) — person
• 発音: /toː.niɴ/

意味

The person concerned; the person in question or the said individual.

A noun referring to the specific person being discussed or involved in a matter. Similar to 本人 (the person themselves) but 当人 often carries a slightly more detached, third-person perspective — talking about someone rather than directly to them. Common in news, legal contexts, and gossip. Often used in the pattern 当人は～ (the person in question...) to report what someone thinks or feels about their own situation.

例文

1. 周りは心配しているが当人はまったく気にしていない。
2. 当人の同意なしに個人情報を公開してはいけない。
3. 噂が広まっているが当人はまだ何も知らないようだ。

使い方ガイド

場面: legal, news, discussion, interpersonal

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese 当 (tou, the relevant/concerned) + 人 (nin, person). Literally 'the concerned person,' with 当 functioning as a demonstrative meaning 'the one in question.'

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated