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[edit]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 (uchi) 49% | First name 26% | あたし (atashi) 15% |
In the family | First name 33% | あたし (atashi) 29% | うち (uchi) 23% | |
In a class | わたし (watashi) 86% | あたし (atashi) 7% | うち (uchi) 6% | |
To an unknown visitor | わたし (watashi) 75% | あたし (atashi), first name, うち (uchi) 8% each | ||
To the class teacher | わたし (watashi) 66% | First name 13% | あたし (atashi) 9% | |
Male | To friends | おれ (ore) 72% | ぼく (boku) 19% | First name 4% |
In the family | おれ (ore) 62% | ぼく (boku) 23% | うち (uchi) 6% | |
In a class | ぼく (boku) 85% | おれ (ore) 13% | First name, nickname 1% each | |
To an unknown visitor | ぼく (boku) 64% | おれ (ore) 26% | First name 4% | |
To the class teacher | ぼく (boku) 67% | おれ (ore) 27% | First name 3% |
Speaker | Situation | 1 | 2 | 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Female | To friends | うち (uchi) 39% | あたし (atashi) 30% | わたし (watashi) 22% |
In the family | あたし (atashi) 28% | First name 27% | うち (uchi) 18% | |
In a class | わたし (watashi) 89% | あたし (atashi) 7% | 自分 (jibun) 3% | |
To an unknown visitor | わたし (watashi) 81% | あたし (atashi) 10% | 自分 (jibun) 6% | |
To the class teacher | わたし (watashi) 77% | あたし (atashi) 17% | 自分 (jibun) 7% | |
Male | To friends | おれ (ore) 87% | うち (uchi) 4% | わたし (watashi), 自分 (jibun) 2% each |
In the family | おれ (ore) 88% | ぼく (boku), 自分 (jibun) 5% each | ||
In a class | わたし (watashi) 48% | 自分 (jibun) 28% | ぼく (boku) 22% | |
To an unknown visitor | ぼく (boku) 36% | 自分 (jibun) 29% | わたし (watashi) 22% | |
To the class teacher | 自分 (jibun) 38% | ぼく (boku) 29% | わたし (watashi) 22% |