貴方

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See also: 贵方

Chinese

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expensive; noble; your (name)
expensive; noble; your (name); precious
 
square; quadrilateral; place
square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
 
trad. (貴方)
simp. (贵方)

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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貴方

  1. (formal) generic second person pronoun, often used in letters

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
あなた
Grade: 6 Grade: 2
jukujikun
For pronunciation and definitions of 貴方 – see the following entry.
あなた
[pronoun] 貴方, 貴女, 貴男: you (second-person pronoun)
[pronoun] 貴方: (women's speech) dear, darling, sweetheart (term used by a wife to address her husband)
[pronoun] 貴方, 彼方: (uncommon) that person (far from both speaker and listener)
Alternative spellings
貴女, 貴男, 彼方
(This term, 貴方, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
ほう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

/kipau//kifau//kifɔː//kihoː/

From Middle Chinese 貴方 (MC kjw+jH pjang, “noble, superior + side, place, direction”).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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()(ほう) (kihōきはう (kifau)?

  1. (respectful) your house, your residence
  2. (respectful, men's speech) you (used to address someone of equal social footing)
Synonyms
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN