異星人

Japanese
Kanji in this term
異 星 人
い
Grade: 6		 せい
Grade: 2		 じん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

異(い) (i, “other; another”) + 星(せい) (sei, “planet”) + 人(じん) (jin, “human”)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いせ​ーじん [ìséꜜèjìǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ise̞ːʑĩɴ]

Noun

異(い)星(せい)人(じん) • (iseijin) 

  1. Synonym of 宇宙人 (uchūjin, “alien”) (life form of non-Earth origin)

References
  1. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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