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
- 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