私わたいMeanings1pronounI; mearchaicArchaic first-person pronoun used in the Kantō region. Not used in modern standard Japanese; replaced by わたし, 僕, 俺, etc.「わたいは江え戸どの生うまれでござんす」と、その老ろう人じんは言いった。"I was born in Edo," the old man said.