私達

Japanese

Etymology 1

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

Alternative spelling
私たち

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

Alternative spelling
私たち

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)