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人出 (ひとで) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N1 Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Meanings 1
noun
crowd ; turnout ; number of people out
Refers to how many people are out at a place or event, especially for festivals, tourist spots, shopping streets, elections, and holiday periods. Common in phrases such as 人出が多い, 人出が少ない, and すごい人出.
あめ
の
せい
で
祭まつ
り
の
人ひと
出で
は
少すく
なかっ
た
。
Because of the rain, turnout at the festival was low.
Similar words 人ひと 混ご み Means a crowd as a crowded mass of people; 人出 focuses more on the number of people who have come out or shown up.
人ひと 手で Same reading but different meaning: 人手 means manpower, help, or labor, not crowd turnout.
ヒトデ Same pronunciation in katakana, but it means a starfish; the kanji 人出 is not used for that animal.
Etymology A transparent compound of 人, 'people,' and 出, 'going out/coming out'; it refers to people being out in public, hence a crowd or turnout.
