popular obsolete reading search-only kanji form JLPT N5 honorific language noun noun (generic) familiar language pronoun
- father, dad, papa, pa, pop, daddy, dada
- husband
- you (of an elderly person older than the speaker), he, him
popular rarely used kanji form familiar language pronoun noun noun (generic) polite language obsolete term
- you, buddy, pal
- monarch, ruler, sovereign, (one's) master
- he, she
popular JLPT N4 pronoun noun noun (generic)
- he, him
- boyfriend
popular JLPT N3 honorific language suffix noun noun (generic) pronoun counter
- Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss
- clan
- he, him
- counter for people
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) colloquial pronoun
- fellow, guy, chap
- thing, object
- he, she, him, her
popular noun noun (generic)
- the said person, he, she
- same surname
popular noun noun (generic) familiar language jocular, humorous term pronoun
- boyfriend
- he, him
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form derogatory familiar language usually written using kana alone pronoun
- he, she, that person, that guy, that fellow
- that, that one, that thing
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form derogatory familiar language usually written using kana alone pronoun
- he, she, that guy
- that, that one, that thing
popular pronoun archaic
- he, she, that person
- you