Japanese Word Entry

念人
Kana:ねんにん
Romaji:nen'nin
Definitions:
  1. assistant in a duel (e.g. a cockfight, poetry contest, etc.) (Heian period)

  2. older male in an homosexual relationship

Alternative reading: ねんじん (nenjin)

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Chinese characters used in this word

wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention, think of, recall, study
Readings
Mandarin: ㄋㄧㄢˋ (niàn)
Cantonese: nim6
Japanese: ネン (nen) / おもう (omou)、 ねんじる (nenjiru)
Korean: 념 (nyeom), 염 (yeom)
Vietnamese: niệm
Variants
Semantic variant form:

person, man, people, mankind, someone else
Readings
Mandarin: ㄖㄣˊ (rén)
Cantonese: jan4
Japanese: ジン (jin)、 ニン (nin) / ひと (hito)、 -り (-ri)、 -と (-to)
Korean: 인 (in)
Vietnamese: nhân
Variants
Semantic variant forms: