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余よ等ら

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Meanings

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pronoun

formal or literary

Formal or literary first-person plural pronoun. Rare in modern conversation; used in speeches, formal writing, or older texts.

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Written forms

余よ等ら
Standard kanji form for this formal/literary pronoun.
予よ等ら
Variant kanji form; less common but attested.

Kanji

余too much, myself, surplus
等etc., and so forth, class (first)
予beforehand, previous, myself

Similar words

我われ々われ
我々 is the standard formal 'we', while 余等 is more literary and archaic-sounding.
私わたし達たち
私達 is the neutral, everyday 'we', whereas 余等 is formal/literary and rarely used in speech.

Etymology

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.