我々

Japanese
Kanji in this term
我 我
われ
Grade: 6		 われ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
我我

Etymology

Reduplication of 我 (ware, “I; me”).[1]

Pronunciation

Pronoun

我(われ)々(われ) • (wareware) 

  1. we; us
    • 2012 July 13, “アジャニの陽(よう)光(こう)弾(ひき)手(て)”, in 基本セット2013 [Core Set 2013], Wizards of the Coast:
      「アジャニは行(い)かねばならないところに行(い)き、我(われ)々(われ)は彼(かれ)の名(な)の下(した)に彼(かれ)の土(と)地(ち)を守(まも)る。」
      “Ajani wa ikaneba naranai tokoro ni iki, wareware wa kare no na no shita ni kare no tochi o mamoru.”
      “Ajani goes where he has to go, and in his name we keep his lands safe.”

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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