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A1 Pronoun
妾I, me
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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 warrior family." {I, me}
妾は、一人称の人代名詞のうちの一つである。
"I" am one of the first-person pronouns. {I, me}
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 refers to herself as "I" or "me". {I, me}
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。」
Lady of the Warrior Class: "I am supporting that general over there as a bodyguard." {I, me}
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。
In the modern era, among the first-person pronouns used by women, it seems that concubines were particularly used by women of the warrior class. {I, me}
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