That person

Japanese: 其人 - そのひと

[1] [Collocation] ① Refers to a person who was mentioned immediately before. ※Man'yoshu (late 8th century) 11:2569 " If it were he who I thought of, I would see him in your dreams every night." ② Refers to a person vaguely by purposely concealing his name. It is also used to refer to a person whose surname, background, etc. are unknown. Someone called "So-and-so." ※Tales of Ise (early 10th century) 9 "I wrote to him in Kyoto." ③ A person who is suitable for the position. Also, a person of that rank. A person of the appropriate rank. ※Noin's Makura (late 10th century) 57 "I have been told that he serves me, but..." [2] [Noun] ① Placed after a name to emphasize it. The very person. The person himself. ※Omoide no Ki (1900-01)〈Tokutomi Roka〉3 "Shingo, that person was the same, spending his free time reading books and studying calculations."② One of the eight styles of Renku-tsugi (linked verse) explained by Shiko. It is a style in which a person is imagined based on the idea of the previous verse, and the person's movements are added. [Haikai Kyorai-sho (1702-04)] [3] [Pronoun] Other person. Refers to the other person, or the person who was recently mentioned (middle pronoun). It is treated less well than "sono kata."

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Japanese:

[1] 〘連語〙① すぐ前に述べた話題の人物をさしていう。※万葉（８Ｃ後）一一・二五六九「思ふらむ其人(そのひと)なれやぬば玉の夜毎に君が夢(いめ)にし見ゆる」② わざと名を伏せて漠然とその人物をさし示す。また、氏・素姓などの不明な人物をさして用いる。だれそれという人。※伊勢物語（１０Ｃ前）九「京に、その人の御もとにとて、文書きてつく」③ その任に適している人物。また、その身分に相当する人物。しかるべき身分の人。※能因本枕（１０Ｃ終）五七「その人のさぶらふなど言ひゆづれど」[2] 〘名〙① 名前の下につけて、強めていう。まさに当人。その人自身。※思出の記（1900‐01）〈徳富蘆花〉三「新五其人は相かはらず暇々に読書筆算を勉強して」② 支考の説いた連句付合の法八体のうちの一つ。前句の趣向によって人物を想像し、その人物の動静をつけるもの。〔俳諧・去来抄（1702‐04）〕[3] 〘代名〙他称。相手側の、またはすぐ前に話題になった人物をさし示す（中称）。「そのかた」より待遇度は低い。

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