popular honorific language pronoun
- that gentleman, that lady, he, she
popular rarely used kanji form derogatory familiar language usually written using kana alone pronoun interjection
- he, she, this fellow, this guy, this person
- this, this one, this thing
- hey, you!, you bastard!, damn you!
popular particle
- to, towards, for
obsolete reading rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) pronoun
- this way, here
- the person in question, he, she, him, her
- since (a time in the past), prior to (a time in the future)
- me
- you
JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) abbreviation archaic derogatory pronoun
- servant (esp. a samurai's attendant)
- chivalrous man (Edo period)
- cubed tofu (often served cold)
- kite shaped like an Edo-period footman
- Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants
- enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime)
- he, she, him, her
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- teacher, wise man, sage, master
- Confucius
- the person concerned, you, he, she
rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) Internet slang
- stallkeeper (at a festival, fair, etc.), street vendor, street performer, peddler, hawker, huckster, faker
- fellow, guy, chap, he, she, him, her
pronoun noun noun (generic)
- he, she, him, her
- samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami)
- type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period
noun noun (generic) music
- 6th (in a sequence denoted by the iroha system)
- F (note)
archaic noun noun (generic)
- earthenware vessel for alcoholic beverages, etc.