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

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

Pronoun

皆(みな)さん • (minasan)

everybody, everyone

See also

皆(みな)さま (minasama)

References

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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