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Derived in theHeian period from writing theman'yōgana kanji仁 in thecursivesōsho style.
に• (ni)
- Thehiragana syllableに(ni). Its equivalent inkatakana isニ(ni). It is the twenty-second syllable in thegojūon order; its position isな行い段(na-gyō i-dan,“rowna, sectioni”).
- (Hiragana)平仮名; あぁ,いぃ,うぅゔ,えぇ,おぉ,かゕが,きぎ,くぐ,けゖげ,こご,さざ,しじ,すず,せぜ,そぞ,ただ,ちぢ,つっづ,てで,とど,な,に,ぬ,ね,の,はばぱ,ひびぴ,ふぶぷ,へべぺ,ほぼぽ,ま,み,む,め,も,やゃ,𛀆,ゆゅ,𛀁,よょ,ら,り,る,れ,ろ,わゎ,ゐ,𛄟(𛄟),ゑ,を,ん,ー,ゝ,ゞ,ゟ
FromOld Japanese, fromProto-Japonic*ni.
に• (ni)
- (with nouns)
- particle for indirect objects;to
- 俺に返せ。
- Oreni kaese.
- Give it backto me.
- particle for location;in,at
- 学校にいる。
- Gakkōni iru.
- I'mat/in school.
- particle for direction;toward,into
- 銀行に行った。
- Ginkōni itta.
- I wentto the bank.
- 学校に行く。
- Gakkōni iku.
- I'm goingto school.
- particle indicating a passive agent;by
- 蚊にさされた。
- Kani sasareta.
- I was bittenby a mosquito.
- particle indicating a point in time;at
- ７時にね。
- Shichi-jini ne.
- It isat seven o'clock.(confirmation of when an event will take place)
- particle used occasionally to replaceと when organizing and counting;and
- particle for indicating the emotional reason that one does something;in
- お礼にお菓子を贈る
- o-reini o-kashi o okuru
- to gift sweetsin gratitude
- 復讐に殺人を犯す
- fukushūni satsujin o okasu
- to commit murderin revenge
- (with the stem form of verbs)
- particle indicating purpose/intent;for;to
- 映画を見に行く。
- Eiga o mini iku.
- I'm goingto see a movie.
- 寝に帰るだけの部屋
- neni kaeru dake no heya
- a room only used when coming hometo sleep
- (with な-adjectives)
- adverbializer;-ly
- Coordinate term:(with い-adjectives)く
- 確かに
- tashikani
- certainly
- へ(e): to; toward
- In the sense indicating destination, the particlesへ(e) andに(ni) are often interchangeable, though there is a slight difference of connotation or emphasis.へ(e) emphasizes the journey to the destination, whileに(ni) emphasizes the arrival or entering it. The distinction is not quite the same as betweenEnglishto andinto;に(ni) is usually best translated asto becauseに(ni), unlikeEnglishinto, can refer to the journey in addition to the arrival or entering the destination.
に• (-ni)
- (of a child)taking after(in appearance)
- お母さん似
- okāsan-ni
- resembling their mother
に• (ni)
- imperfective andstem (or continuative) forms ofにる(niru)[ichidan]
に• (ni)
- Continuative ofず(zu,“auxiliary verb of negation”)
- がえんじる ―tonot consent
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(This term,に(ni), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read asに, seeCategory:Japanese kanji read as に. |
