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JLPT N5 Beginner

誰

The standard question word for who.

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どなた polite form
1 Pronoun

Who

Acts as the fundamental interrogative pronoun for identifying an unknown person.

Example

あの 人 は 誰 です か 。

Who is that person?

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2 Pronoun

Someone" / "No one" (with particles)

Functions as an indefinite pronoun representing “someone” or “no one” depending on the attached particle.

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誰
だれ, だあれ
The standard question word for who.
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