Word Meaning 赤の他人

あかのたにん aka no tanin

赤の他人 is read as あかのたにん (aka no tanin) and means complete stranger.

Meaning

English

  1. complete stranger
  2. total stranger

Reading

Kana

あかのたにん

Romaji

aka no tanin

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Proverb Rank 90195 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

赤字法人

あかじほうじん

loss-making business

他人

たにん

unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood)

他国人

たこくじん

foreigner

遠くの親類より近くの他人

とおくのしんるいよりちかくのたにん

a neighbour is better than a relative living far

遠くの親戚より近くの他人

とおくのしんせきよりちかくのたにん

a neighbour is better than a relative living far

他人様

ひとさま

other people

他人資本

たにんしほん

borrowed capital

大人は赤子の心を失わず

たいじんはせきしのこころをうしなわず

great human beings never lose the innocence of childhood

他人任せ

たにんまかせ

leaving (it) to others

他人の空似

たにんのそらに

accidental resemblance

他人行儀

たにんぎょうぎ

standing on formality

Example Sentences

4

He is a total stranger to me.

She is a total stranger to me.

If you're tired of arguing with strangers on the Internet, try talking with one of them in real life.

It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.