Formal or literary first-person plural pronoun. Rare in modern conversation; used in speeches, formal writing, or older texts.
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私達 is the everyday, neutral word for 'we', while 余等 is a rare, formal/literary first-person plural used mainly in old writings.
僕等 is a casual, masculine 'we' used among friends, while 余等 is stiff and archaic, fit for formal or historical contexts.
Standard kanji form for this formal/literary pronoun.
Variant kanji form; less common but attested.
Compound of 余 (yo, 'I', a formal/literary first-person pronoun) and 等 (-ra, pluralizing suffix). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the form is associated with formal and literary registers.