Vocab Info
A1 Pronoun
妾I, me
Dictionary Definition
Pronoun
1.
I, me
Archaic, Humble (kenjougo) language, Female term or language
All Forms
妾 【わらわ】、私 【わらわ】
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女性:「妾、武家の子でございます。」
Woman: 'I am a child of a military family.'
- N1
妾は、一人称の人代名詞のうちの一つである。
'I' is one of the first-person pronouns.
- N1
女性がへりくだって自分のことを言う時に妾と言います。
When a woman humbly speaks about herself, she says 'I'.
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武家の女性:「妾、あちらの将軍に護衛として仕えております。」
Woman of a Military Family: 'I am supporting that general over there as a bodyguard.'
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近世では、女性の一人称の中でも、特に武家の女性が妾を用いたそうです。
I heard that in recent times, among the first-person pronouns for women, particularly women of military families used 'I'.
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