鼻様

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鼻	様
はな Grade: 3	さま Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
鼻樣 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 鼻 (hana, “nose”) +‎ 様 (sama, honorific). From the practice of pointing to one's nose to refer to oneself.

Pronoun

鼻(はな)様(さま) • (hanasama) 

1. an arrogant, proud first person personal pronoun; I, me, myself.

Synonyms

• 俺様, 己様

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN