Meaning of お人好し(おひとよし) in Japanese

Japanese word definition and usage

Reading and JLPT level お人好し, お人よし

Kana Reading おひとよし

Romaji ohitoyoshi

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 Sentences

お人好し, お人よし, おひとよし used in context

彼(あれ)はお人よしの(おひとよし)カモから大金(たいきん)を巻き上げました。

He made heaps of money by ripping off naive suckers.
母(はは)は、のんきでほがらかでお人好し(おひとよし)です。

My mother is carefree, cheerful and good-natured.
私(わたし)は君(きみ)の言う(いう)ことをしんじるほどお人好し(おひとよし)ではない(だ)。

I'm not so simple as to believe you.
公平に(こうへい)評すれば(ひょうする)、彼(あれ)はお人好し(おひとよし)だ。

To do him justice, he is a good-natured man.
ある戸別訪問(こべつほうもん)のセールスマンがお人好しの(おひとよし)老婦人(ろうふじん)を馬鹿にして(ばかにする)大金(たいきん)を持ち逃げ(もちにげ)した(する)。

A certain door-to-door salesman made a fool of a trusting old lady and went off with a lot of her money.
彼(あれ)はお人好し(おひとよし)です。

He's very soft-hearted.

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好 JLPT 4

fond, pleasing, like something

On: コウ

Kun: この.む, す.く, よ.い, い.い

6 strokes

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人 JLPT 5

person

On: ジン, ニン

Kun: ひと, -り, -と

2 strokes

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