Definition of 大人 (おとな)

noun, no-adjective, na-adjective
adult, grown-up
Other readings:
大人【だいにん】
Related Kanji
large, big
person
Conjugations
na-adjective
Plain
Polite
Negative
Negative (Polite)
Present Indicative - Non-past, present and future tense
大人だ
おとなだ
otonada
大人です
おとなです
otonadesu
大人ではない
おとなではない
otonadewanai

大人じゃない
おとなじゃない
otonajanai
大人ではありません
おとなではありません
otonadewaarimasen
Past Indicative - Perfective, past-tense
大人だった
おとなだった
otonadatta
大人でした
おとなでした
otonadeshita
大人ではなかった
おとなではなかった
otonadewanakatta
大人ではありませんでした
おとなではありませんでした
otonadewaarimasendeshita
Volitional - We will.., We intend to.., Lets..
大人かろう
おとなかろう
otonakarou
Presumptive - Probably.. Maybe..
大人だろう
おとなだろう
otonadarou
te-form
大人で
おとなで
otonade
Na adjective
大人な
おとなな
otonana
Adverb
大人に
おとなに
otonani
Provisional - Hypothetical conditional, If (hypothetical)..
大人であれば
おとなであれば
otonadeareba

大人なら
おとななら
otonanara
大人ではなければ
おとなではなければ
otonadewanakereba
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Example sentences(showing 1-20 of 65 results)

Two adults, please

Only adults can see this film

まい
ども
子供
まい
Two and three halves to London, please

This is a book often read by adults

Now that I'm a grownup, I think otherwise

Of course, I'm young, and politics is conducted by grown-ups

The child talks as if he were a man

Little children always question things we adults take for granted

いま
ども
子供
はったつ
発達
ちゅ
らい
未来
The child of today is the man of the future in the making

Each way of sleeping is likely to produce a different kind of adult

The little boy is used to talking with grown-ups

Adults and children alike would like to see the movie

The word refers to not only adults but also children

He treats me as an adult

This is true of adults as well as of children

You are now an adult

ども
子ども
ちちおや
父親
The child is father of the man

This movie is for adults, not for children

Older people often fear change

They aren't children any more, but not adults yet
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