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    3. 氏

    氏

    氏し

    Mr

    N3KMT2News #7+1Core ConceptsFamily & RelationshipsAmbiguous glossKanji Vocab4 strokes

    し

    Suffix

    1.
    Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss
    honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language

    Noun, Suffix

    2.
    clan

    Pronoun

    3.
    he, him
    honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language

    Counter

    4.
    counter for people
    honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language

    Stroke 0 / 4

    Speed1.0x

    田た中なか氏しが会かい議ぎに出しゅっ席せきします。

    Mr. Tanaka will attend the meeting.

    KMT3Daily LifeWork & Career
    講こう演えん者しゃは山やま田だ氏しです。

    The speaker is Mr. Yamada.

    KMT4EducationDaily Life
    その計けい画かくは、以い前ぜんに佐さ藤とう氏しによって提てい案あんされたものだ。

    That plan was previously proposed by Mr. Sato.

    KMT5Work & CareerCore Concepts
    首しゅ相しょうは、来らい日にちした外がい国こくの要よう人じんに対たいし、歓かん迎げいの意いを表あらわした。その要よう人じんはジョンソン氏しである。

    The Prime Minister expressed his welcome to the foreign dignitary who visited Japan. That dignitary is Mr. Johnson.

    KMT6Politics & LawCulture & Traditions
    古こ文もん書じょには、源げん氏じと平へい氏しの争あらそいが記しるされている。

    Ancient documents record the conflict between the Minamoto clan and the Taira clan.

    KMT7HistoryLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    氏
    うじ・-うじ…(1)
    family name・surname・clan
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