person

人、人物

一人の個人として捉えた人間。

やさしい英語で： A human being considered as one individual.

• She is a kind person.
• Only one person came to the meeting.
• Who was the person you met yesterday?

類義語： human being, individual

よく使う表現： a nice person, one person, person next door

人称

話し手、聞き手、それ以外の人や物を区別する文法上の分類。

やさしい英語で： A grammar category showing whether words refer to the speaker, the listener, or someone or something else.

• The story is written in the first person.
• This verb has different endings for each person.
• Which pronouns belong to the third person?

よく使う表現： first person, second person, third person

人格、権利主体

法律上、権利や義務を持つと認められる人や組織。

やさしい英語で： An individual or organization that the law recognizes as having rights and responsibilities.

• A company can be a legal person.
• The law treats each corporation as a separate person.
• The court considered whether the animal could be recognized as a person.

類義語： legal entity

よく使う表現： legal person, natural person, artificial person

身体、身

人の体。特に身につけた物や身体への危害についていう。

やさしい英語で： Someone’s body, especially when talking about things carried or physical harm.

• He carried no money on his person.
• The guard searched her person for hidden weapons.
• The prisoner suffered injuries to his person.

使い方： on someone’s person (The officer found a knife on his person.); about someone’s person (She kept the keys about her person.)

類義語： body

よく使う表現： on your person, search someone’s person