How to say 'Giant' in Japanese | 巨人

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The Japanese word for Giant is 'Kyojin', written as 巨人 in Japanese.'Giant' in hiragana is きょじん.

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巨人

Meaning

Giant

Reading

きょじん

kyojin

Kanji

巨Huge, Giant 人Person

Explanation

The Japanese noun '巨人 (きょじん)' means 'giant'. It refers to a being or creature of enormous size, often found in myths, legends, or fantasy stories. It can also be used metaphorically to describe something or someone of great importance or influence. For example: the giant in the story was very strong「物語の巨人はとても強かった」(ものがたりのきょじんはとてもつよかった). That company is a giant in the industry「あの会社は業界の巨人だ」(あのかいしゃはぎょうかいのきょじんだ). The word can also refer to the Yomiuri Giants, a famous Japanese baseball team.

Part Of Speech

noun

Kanji JLPT

Kanji Grade

Frequency

5281

Composition

kanji

Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 巨人

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

kanji

巨

Meaning

Huge, Giant

kanji

人

Meaning

Person

Words Related to 巨人 Through the Kanji 巨

This Word contains the Kanji 巨 as well.

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巨大

Meaning

Huge

Words Related to 巨人 Through the Kanji 人

These 77 Words contain the Kanji 人 as well.

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人

Meaning

Person

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人間

Meaning

Human

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一人

Meaning

Alone, One person

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二人

Meaning

Two people

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ご主人

Meaning

Husband

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人々

Meaning

People

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個人

Meaning

Individual

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一人で

Meaning

Alone

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外人

Meaning

Foreigner

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人生

Meaning

Life

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主人

Meaning

Master, Husband

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外国人

Meaning

Foreigner

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友人

Meaning

Friend

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人物

Meaning

Person, Character

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本人

Meaning

Person

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他人

Meaning

Others

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老人

Meaning

Elderly

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人口

Meaning

Population

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