noun
grammatical person
Linguistic term referring to first, second, or third person in grammar. Used in contexts like 一人称 (first person), 二人称 (second person), 三人称 (third person).
日本語の動詞は人称によって変化しない。
Japanese verbs do not change according to grammatical person.
この小説は一人称で書かれている。
This novel is written in the first person.
Specifically 'third person'; 人称 is the general category.
Compound of 人 (person) and 称 (name, designation). A Meiji-era coinage as a translation of the Western grammatical concept 'person'.