あたし
Japanese
Etymology
Lenition from わたし (watashi).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
- 私: (women's speech) I, used by girls and young women
See also
Japanese first-person pronouns
Japanese first-person pronouns by speakers and situations according to Yuko Saegusa, Concerning the First Personal Pronoun of Native Japanese Speakers (2009)
Speaker | Situation | 1 | 2 | 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Female | To friends | うち 49% | First name 26% | あたし 15% |
In the family | First name 33% | あたし 29% | うち 23% | |
In a class | わたし 86% | あたし 7% | うち 6% | |
To an unknown visitor | わたし 75% | あたし, first name, うち 8% each | ||
To the class teacher | わたし 66% | First name 13% | あたし 9% | |
Male | To friends | おれ 72% | ぼく 19% | First name 4% |
In the family | おれ 62% | ぼく 23% | うち 6% | |
In a class | ぼく 85% | おれ 13% | First name, nickname 1% each | |
To an unknown visitor | ぼく 64% | おれ 26% | First name 4% | |
To the class teacher | ぼく 67% | おれ 27% | First name 3% |
Speaker | Situation | 1 | 2 | 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Female | To friends | うち 39% | あたし 30% | わたし 22% |
In the family | あたし 28% | First name 27% | うち 18% | |
In a class | わたし 89% | あたし 7% | 自分 3% | |
To an unknown visitor | わたし 81% | あたし 10% | 自分 6% | |
To the class teacher | わたし 77% | あたし 17% | 自分 7% | |
Male | To friends | おれ 87% | うち 4% | わたし, 自分 2% each |
In the family | おれ 88% | ぼく, 自分 5% each | ||
In a class | わたし 48% | 自分 28% | ぼく 22% | |
To an unknown visitor | ぼく 36% | 自分 29% | わたし 22% | |
To the class teacher | 自分 38% | ぼく 29% | わたし 22% |
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN