別人

べつじん
べつにん
different person
someone else
changed man

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べつじん【別人】

another ［a different］ person.

¶彼は結婚してから～になってしまった

He's been another person since he got married.

¶やあ， メグ， 今日は～のようだよ！

Hi， Meg， you look different today!

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べつじん【別人】

〔ほかの人〕 another [a different] person; 〔前と変わった人〕 a different [new] being; a changed man.

●別人と間違える mistake sb for a different person

●別人になりすます pose as another person; go under another identity

・ひげを剃ったらまるで別人になった. He looked quite a different person after shaving off his beard.

・普段は陽気な彼女だが, 作業台に向かうと別人になる. Usually cheerful, when she is at her workbench she becomes a different person.

●退職してからの彼は企業戦士だった頃とは別人の観がある. Since he retired, he gives the impression of being a changed man from when he was a corporate warrior.

・彼女は教室の外では別人のように生き生きしている. Outside the classroom, she is like a different woman, lively and cheerful.

・王女のものと思われた遺体は, 鑑定の結果別人のものと判明した. What had been thought to be the body of the princess was proved on (scientific) examination to be that of someone else.

●厳しい訓練を耐え抜いた彼は, 今や別人だ. After surviving some tough training, he is now a changed man.

・ほう, 着物なんか着るとまるで別人だね. Oh, with kimono on, you look a totally different person.