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Japanese
Etymology
Lenition from 私 (watashi).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
Pronoun
あたし • (atashi)
- (chiefly women's speech) first person singular pronoun: I, me
-
- あたしやスーパーマンです
- Atashi ya Sūpāman desu
- I am Superman.
Usage notes
Most commonly used by girls and young women.
Derived terms
See also
Japanese first-person pronouns
Japanese first-person pronouns by speakers and situations according to Yuko Saegusa, Concerning the First Personal Pronoun of Native Japanese Speakers (2009)
First-person pronouns by elementary school pupils (2008)
Speaker |
Situation |
1 |
2 |
3
|
Female
|
To friends
|
うち 49% |
First name 26% |
あたし 15%
|
In the family
|
First name 33% |
あたし 29% |
うち 23%
|
In a class
|
わたし 86% |
あたし 7% |
うち 6%
|
To an unknown visitor
|
わたし 75% |
あたし, first name, うち 8% each
|
To the class teacher
|
わたし 66% |
First name 13% |
あたし 9%
|
Male
|
To friends
|
おれ 72% |
ぼく 19% |
First name 4%
|
In the family
|
おれ 62% |
ぼく 23% |
うち 6%
|
In a class
|
ぼく 85% |
おれ 13% |
First name, nickname 1% each
|
To an unknown visitor
|
ぼく 64% |
おれ 26% |
First name 4%
|
To the class teacher
|
ぼく 67% |
おれ 27% |
First name 3%
|
First-person pronouns by university students (2009)
Speaker |
Situation |
1 |
2 |
3
|
Female
|
To friends
|
うち 39% |
あたし 30% |
わたし 22%
|
In the family
|
あたし 28% |
First name 27% |
うち 18%
|
In a class
|
わたし 89% |
あたし 7% |
自分 3%
|
To an unknown visitor
|
わたし 81% |
あたし 10% |
自分 6%
|
To the class teacher
|
わたし 77% |
あたし 17% |
自分 7%
|
Male
|
To friends
|
おれ 87% |
うち 4% |
わたし, 自分 2% each
|
In the family
|
おれ 88% |
ぼく, 自分 5% each
|
In a class
|
わたし 48% |
自分 28% |
ぼく 22%
|
To an unknown visitor
|
ぼく 36% |
自分 29% |
わたし 22%
|
To the class teacher
|
自分 38% |
ぼく 29% |
わたし 22%
|
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN