拙者

Japanese

Kanji in this term
拙	者
せつ > せっ Grade: S	しゃ Grade: 3
kan'on

Alternative spelling
拙者 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せっしゃ [sèsshá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ɕːa̠]

Pronoun

拙(せっ)者(しゃ) • (sessha) 

1. (archaic, humble, men's speech) I; me
   • 2006 July 9, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “第(だい)一幕(まく)　「剣(けん)心(しん)・緋(ひ)村(むら)抜(ばっ)刀(とう)斎(さい)」 [Act 1: “Kenshin: Himura the Battōsai”]”, in るろうに剣(けん)心(しん)　—明(めい)治(じ)剣(けん)客(かく)浪(ろ)漫(まん)譚(たん)— [Rurōni Kenshin —Ballad of a Meiji Swordsroamer—], kanzenban edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 54:

     剣(けん)心(しん)　「緋(ひ)村(むら)剣(けん)心(しん)」　それが拙(せっ)者(しゃ)の今(いま)の名(な)前(まえ)でござる

     Kenshin “Himura Kenshin” Sore ga sessha no ima no namae de gozaru

     Kenshin. “Himura Kenshin”. From now on you could call me that if you will.

See also

• 小生(しょうせい) (shōsei)