みな
Japanese
Etymology 1
Alternative spelling |
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皆 |
⟨mi2na⟩ → */mʷina/ → /mina/
From Old Japanese.
Appears in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) みな [mìnáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[2][3][4]
- IPA(key): [mʲina̠]
Noun
みな • (mina)
- everyone, everybody
- all, everything
Usage notes
Especially for the first sense, usually suffixed with the honorifics さん (-san, polite) or さま (-sama, formal) when addressing a group.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- みんな (minna)
- みなみな (minamina)
- みながみな (mina ga mina)
- 皆さま (minasama)
- 皆さん (minasan)
- 皆掛け (minagake)
- みながら (minagara)
- 皆熊 (minakuma)
- 皆紅 (minagurenai)
- 皆殺し (minagoroshi)
- 皆水晶 (minazuishō)
- 皆月 (Minazuki)
- みなながら (mina nagara)
- 皆の者 (mina no mono)
- 皆人 (minahito)
- 皆腸 (minawata)
Idioms
- 皆にする (mina ni suru)
- 皆になす (mina ni nasu)
- 皆になる (mina ni naru)
- 皆まで言うな (mina made iu na)
Proverbs
- 地を易うれば皆然り (chi o kaureba mina shikari)
See also
- 全て (subete)
- 全部 (zenbu)
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of みな – see 蜷. (This term, みな, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.) |
(The following entry is uncreated: 蜷.)
Etymology 3
Other various kanji spellings.
Proper noun
みな • (Mina)
- 美奈, 美娜, 実奈, 実名: 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
Old Japanese
Noun
みな (mi2na)
- 皆: everybody, everyone