みな

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling	皆

From Old Japanese. Appears in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).[1]

Alternative forms

みんな (minna)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みな [mìnáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[2][3][4]
IPA^(key): [mʲina̠]

Noun

みな (rōmaji mina)

everyone, everybody
all, everything

Synonyms

皆 (みな)さん (minasan), 皆 (みな)様 (さま) (minasama): “everyone”, used when addressing a group

Etymology 2

Proper noun

みな (rōmaji Mina)

美奈: A female given name

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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