Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of お人好し(おひとよし) in Japanese

お人好し, お人よし
Kana Reading
おひとよし
Romaji
ohitoyoshi
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no', noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    softhearted (good-natured, credulous) person; easy mark; soft touch; simple soul
    Example sentence
    お人よしのカモから大金巻き上げました。 He made heaps of money by ripping off naive suckers.

Examples of お人好し, お人よし, おひとよし in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 4

6 strokes

fond, pleasing, like something

On'Yomi: コウ

Kun'Yomi: この.む, す.く, よ.い, い.い

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JLPT 5

2 strokes

person

On'Yomi: ジン, ニン

Kun'Yomi: ひと, -り, -と

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