Daiu International - Detailed Japanese Pronouns (Kanji, Romaji, Meaning)

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Romaji	Hiragana	Who says it	Kanji	Speech Level	Notes
Me
Watashi	わたし	both genders	私	formal	wate in Kansai dialect
Watakushi	わたくし	both	私	very formal	most polite version
Ware	われ	both	我	very formal
Waga	わが	both	我が	very formal	means "mine" or "our"
Ore	おれ	guys	俺	informal	detailed notes
Oresama	おれさま	guys	俺様	very informal	arrogant form of ore
Boku	ぼく	guys	僕	informal	gives casual feeling
Washi	わし	elderly men	儂		fiction characters
Atai	あたい	girls	私	very informal	slang version of atashi
Atashi	あたし	girls		informal	detailed notes
Atakushi	あたくし	girls		formal	similar to watakushi
Uchi	うち	young girls	家	informal	means "one's own"
Sessha	せっしゃ		拙者	humble	used by Samurai
Jibun	じぶん	both	自分	formal	means "myself"
Oira	おいら	both		informal	more casual than ore
Ora	おら	both			used in Kanto area
You (singular)
Anata	あなた	both	貴方	informal	detailed notes
Anta	あんた	both		informal	familiarity towards peer
Otaku	おたく	both	お宅	very formal	means "your house"
Omae	おまえ	both	お前	very informal	detailed notes
Temae	てまえ	guys	手前	rude	expresses anger
Kisama	きさま	guys	貴様	extremely rude	expresses hostility
Kimi	きみ	both	君	informal	can be affectionate
Kika	きか	both	貴下		said to a younger person
Onsha	おんしゃ	both	御社	very formal	means "your company"
Kisha	きしゃ	both	貴社	very formal	similar to onsha
You (plural)
Mina San	みなさん	both		formal	means "everyone"
Minna	みんな	both		informal	means "everyone"
Anata tachi	あなたたち	both	貴方達	informal	see details for anata
Kimi tachi	きみたち	both	君達	informal	see details for kimi
Omaera	おまえら	both	お前ら	very informal	see details for omae
We
Watashi tachi	わたしたち	both	私達	formal	see details for watashi
Watakushi domo	わたくしども	both	私共	humble	can be rude to listener
Orera	おれら	guys	俺ら	informal	see details for ore
Heisha	へいしゃ	both	弊社	very formal	means "my company"
Wagasha	わがしゃ	both	我が社	very formal	similar to heisha
He/She
Ano kata	あのかた	both	あの方	very formal	also said as ano hou
Ano hito	あのひと	both	あの人	formal	means "that person"
Yatsu	やつ	both	奴	very rude	means "that dude"
Koitsu	こいつ	both	此奴	very informal	means "this dude"
Soitsu	そいつ	both	其奴	very informal	means "this one"
Aitsu	あいつ	both	彼奴	very informal	means "that one"
He
Kare	かれ	both	彼	informal	can mean "boyfriend"
She
Kanojo	かのじょ	both	彼女	informal	can mean "girlfriend"
They (girls)
Kanojora	かのじょら	both	彼女ら	informal	can mean "girlfriends"
Kanojo tachi	かのじょたち	both	彼女達	informal	see details for kanojora
They
Wareware	われわれ	both	我々	formal	represents a group
Karera	かれら	both	彼等	informal	see details for kare
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Word	Meaning	Who says it	Speech Level	Detailed Notes
Ore	me	guys	informal	can be seen as rude
				used among close friends or family
				can be used as familiarity, not superiority
Atashi	me	girls	informal	often considered cute
				rarely used in written language
				common in conversation
				used by younger women
Anata	you	both	informal	kanji is rarely used
				name of the listener is often used instead
				commonly used to address lover
				equivalent to the English word "dear"
Omae	you	both	very informal	used to expresses contempt or anger
				shows speaker's higher status or age
				used casually among peers
				used often with the word ore (me)
				should never be said to elderly people
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