あたい
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Japanese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Alternative spelling |
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私 |
Shift from あたし (atashi).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
- (informal) first-person pronoun: I, me
- 2008, “⑨destiny ~ ずっとチルノのターン”, in bit (lyrics), Rebirth, performed by Silver Forest:
- ⑨~って言わないで アタイは最強だも~ん
- Marukyu~ tte iwanaide Atai wa saikyō da mo~n
- Don't call me ⑨, because I'm the strongest
- ⑨~って言わないで アタイは最強だも~ん
- (Kagoshima, dialect) first-person pronoun: I, me
Usage notes[edit]
The first sense is considered quite effeminate, generally limited to girls and young women of the Shitamachi area of Tokyo, or to workers of the red light district.
Etymology 2[edit]
For pronunciation and definitions of あたい – see the following entry. | ||
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(This term, あたい, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as あたい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as あたい.) |
Etymology 3[edit]
For pronunciation and definitions of あたい – see the following entry: 直 |
(The following entry is uncreated: 直.)
References[edit]
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN