人物

• 読み: じんぶつ
• ローマ字: jinbutsu
• 漢字の分解: 人 (jin) — person, human; 物 (butsu) — thing, object
• 発音: /dʑiɴ.bɯ.tsɯ/

意味

Person; character; figure. A person of note, or someone's character and personality.

A noun with two main uses: referring to a notable or important person (歴史的人物 — historical figure), and describing someone's character or personality (人物像 — character portrait). Also used in art and literature contexts for characters in stories or subjects of portraits. More formal than 人.

例文

1. 歴史上の有名な人物について調べた。
2. 彼は信頼できる人物だ。
3. この小説の主要人物は三人いる。

使い方ガイド

場面: history, literature, character assessment

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Composed of 人 (person, human) and 物 (thing, object). The combination elevates the concept from a simple person to a person of substance or character, implying someone worthy of attention.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal