私達

Japanese

Kanji in this term
私	達
わたし Grade: 6	たち Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

• 私たち

Etymology 1

私 (watashi, “I; me”) +‎ 達 (-tachi, pluralizer)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わたし​たち [wàtáshíꜜtàchì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ta̠ɕi̥ta̠t͡ɕi]

Pronoun

私(わたし)達(たち) • (watashitachi) 

1. (formal) we, us
   • 2010 October 24, Tsutsui, Taishi, “第21幕　無常の風 [Act 21: Uneasy Wind]”, in エスプリト [Esprit], volume 6 (fiction), Tokyo: Mag Garden, →ISBN, page 133:

     [お](・)守([まも](・))[り](・)[を](・)隠([かく](・))[し](・)[て](・)　[わ](・)[た](・)[し](・)[た](・)[ち](・)[と](・)[み](・)[お](・)[を](・)引([ひ](・))[き](・)離([はな](・))[し](・)[て](・)　[ど](・)[う](・)[す](・)[る](・)気([き](・))[だ](・)[っ](・)[た](・)[ん](・)[で](・)[す](・)[か](・)…？

     OMAMORI O KAKUSHITE WATASHITACHI TO MIO O HIKIHANASHITE DŌ SURU KI DATTAN DESU KA…?

     HIDE THAT AMULET TO SEPARATE US FROM MIO, WAS THAT WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO DO…?

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
私	達
わたくし Grade: 6	たち Grade: 4
kun’yomi

私 (watakushi, “I; me”) +‎ 達 (-tachi, pluralizer)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わたくし​たち [wàtákúshíꜜtàchì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ta̠kɯ̟̊ᵝɕita̠t͡ɕi]

Pronoun

私(わたくし)達(たち) • (watakushitachi) 

1. (honorific) we; us

See also

• 僕(ぼく)達(たち) (bokutachi)
• 僕(ぼく)ら (bokura)