Japanese

べつじん
Meaning: another person; a different person; somebody else
Part of Speech: Noun

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Handwriting

別
人

Example sentences

When she wears makeup, she looks like a completely different person.
彼は猛勉強の末、かつての呉下阿蒙とは別人のような博識家となった。
After intense study, he became a polymath, a completely different person from the unlearned man he once was.

Usage Notes

Refers to a different individual, or someone who has changed so much they seem like a different person.

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