Casual first-person plural pronoun used primarily by males. Implies a sense of camaraderie or in-group familiarity. Less formal than 私たち.
We go to the same school.
The teacher gave us a new assignment.
僕等 is a casual, masculine 'we' used among friends, while 余等 is stiff and archaic, fit for formal or historical contexts.
私たち is the neutral, gender-neutral counterpart used in polite or formal contexts, while 僕ら is casual and typically used by males.
Standard kanji-kana spelling; the most common written form.
Ateji spelling using 等 for the plural suffix; rarely used in modern writing.
Formed from the first-person pronoun 僕 (ぼく) and the plural suffix ら. The suffix ら is a native Japanese pluralizer often used with personal pronouns.