皆さん

Japanese

Kanji in this term
皆
みな Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

From 皆 (mina, “everybody, everyone”) +‎ さん (-san, honorific suffix), used when addressing a group.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) みなさん [mìnáꜜsàǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[2]
- IPA^(key): [mʲina̠sã̠ɴ]

Pronoun

皆さん (hiragana みなさん, rōmaji minasan)

everybody, everyone

See also

皆 (みな)さま (minasama)

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

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