Meanings
Readings
Common Words
we
Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)
my; our; one's own
Pronoun; Occ. ๅ for ใ
I; me
ใใ๏ผใ only; Pronoun; Occ. ๅ for ใ
oneself
ใใ๏ผใ only; Archaic; Pronoun; Occ. ๅ for ใ
you
ใ only; Archaic; Prefix; Occ. ๅ
prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)
our
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
Familiar
you (referring to a male)
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
ๅพๅฆป๏ผๅพๅฌฌ only
my spouse
Work of art, literature, music, etc. name
I Am a Cat (1906 novel by Natsume Soseki)
Uighur (Turkic ethnic group); Uyghur; Uigur; Uygur
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
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Constituents
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Mnemonic Stories
The keyword โIโ is made up of โfiveโ and โmouthโ. Think of the five sensory organs in your head - two eyes, two ears, and one mouth - these are the five โmouthsโ through which you perceive and interact with the world. Together they make up the โIโ - the self that experiences everything.
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