あたい
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
- Marukyũ 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 (atai), 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 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 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