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かえらぬひと【帰らぬ人】

kaeranu hito

Definition

Noun

  1. (Formal) Deceased person
    1. かれはかえらぬひととなりました彼は帰らぬ人となりました】
      kare wa kaeranu hito to narimashita
      "He is now deceased", "He has passed on"

Etymology

Compound of the かえらぬ【帰らぬ】 kaeranu "not return", the formal negative attributive form of the verb かえる【帰る】 kaeru "to return"; and the noun ひと【人】 hito "person". The expression literally means "a person who will not return".

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OrthographyForm
Kanji帰らぬ人
Kanaかえらぬひと
Romanizationkaeranu hito

意味:ふきのきゃく【不帰の客】、こじん【故人】

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帰らぬ人
Cite this entry: Read, Zachary. (2013, July 10). かえらぬひと【帰らぬ人】 : kaeranu hito | define meaning. JLect: Japonic Languages and Dialects Database. Retrieved 2025, December 14, from https://www.jlect.com/entry/2325/kaeranuhito/.