Vocab Info

A1 Pronoun

(わらわ)I, me

    Dictionary Definition

    1. 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(じょせい):「(わらわ)武家(ぶけ)()でございます。」

      Woman: "I am a child of a warrior family." {I, me}

      • N1

      (わらわ)は、一人称(いちにんしょう)人代名詞(じんだいめいし)のうちの(ひと)つである。

      "I" am one of the first-person pronouns. {I, me}

      • N1

      女性(じょせい)がへりくだって自分(じぶん)のことを()(とき)(わらわ)()います。

      When a woman humbly speaks about herself, she refers to herself as "I" or "me". {I, me}

      • N1

      武家(ぶけ)女性(じょせい):「(わらわ)、あちらの将軍(しょうぐん)護衛(ごえい)として(つか)えております。」

      Lady of the Warrior Class: "I am supporting that general over there as a bodyguard." {I, me}

      • N1

      近世(きんせい)では、女性(じょせい)一人称(いちにんしょう)(なか)でも、(とく)武家(ぶけ)女性(じょせい)(わらわ)(もち)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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