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Common Words
Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)
my; our; one's own
Pronoun; Occ. 和 for わ
I; me
われ／わ only; Pronoun; Occ. 和 for わ
oneself
われ／わ only; Archaic; Pronoun; Occ. 和 for わ
you
わ only; Archaic; Prefix; Occ. 和
prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
Formal or literary term
we; us
Poetical term
I; me
Colloquial; Used to address a group of one's equals or inferiors
you
Dated term; Nuance of arrogance
I; me; myself
Archaic
we; us; ourselves
Archaic
eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara); eastern provinces
Archaic
east
Abbreviation
wagon; yamatogoto; six-stringed native Japanese zither
吾妻／吾嬬 only
my spouse
Work of art, literature, music, etc. name
I Am a Cat (1906 novel by Natsume Soseki)
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Constituents
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Mnemonic Stories
The keyword ‘I’ is made up of ‘five’ and ‘mouth’. Think of the five sensory organs in your head - two eyes, two ears, and one mouth - these are the five ‘mouths’ through which you perceive and interact with the world. Together they make up the ‘I’ - the self that experiences everything.
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