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諸君 (しょくん, shokun) Japanese meaning: you (plural) | Kotomora

諸しょ君くん

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Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

you (plural); you all

Formal or literary second-person plural pronoun, often used in speeches, letters, or when addressing a group with some authority. Can sound old-fashioned or stiff in casual conversation.

諸しょ君くんの努ど力りょくに感かん謝しゃする。

I appreciate your efforts, everyone.

諸しょ君くん、これより作さく戦せんを開かい始しする。

Gentlemen, we will now commence the operation.

2

gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends; everyone

Used as a direct form of address when making an appeal, giving a speech, or rallying a group. Carries a formal, somewhat old-fashioned or rhetorical tone.

諸しょ君くん、静せい粛しゅくに願ねがいます。
Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention, please.
諸しょ君くん、我われ々われはこの困こん難なんを乗のり越こえねばならない。
My friends, we must overcome this difficulty.

Usage patterns

諸しょ君くんに〈事こと〉を告つげるto announce something to you all (formal address to a group)
諸しょ君くんに重じゅう要ような発はっ表ぴょうがあります。
I have an important announcement for all of you.
諸しょ君くん、〈動どう詞し〉used at the start of a speech to rally or address a group before an exhortation
諸しょ君くん、これから力ちからを合あわせて頑がん張ばろう。
Everyone, let's join forces and do our best from here on.
諸しょ君くんの〈事こと〉に感かん謝しゃするto thank you all for something (e.g. effort, cooperation)
諸しょ君くんの努ど力りょくに感かん謝しゃします。
I thank you all for your hard work.

Kanji

諸various, many, several
君mister, you, ruler

Related words

皆みなさんN5sense 1
皆さん is the neutral, everyday word for 'everyone,' while 諸君 is formal, often masculine, and can sound rhetorical or old-fashioned.
君きみたち sense 1
君たち is a casual plural 'you' used among peers or by superiors to subordinates, whereas 諸君 is more formal and impersonal.
各かく位い
諸君 is an old-fashioned, somewhat authoritative way for a speaker to address a group of subordinates or peers, while 各位 is a neutral, purely written honorific attached after a group noun.
方かた々がたN3
諸君 is an archaic/formal way to address a group as 'you all', paralleling the archaic second-person use of 方々.

Politeness

皆みな様さまpolite 丁寧語N1sense 2
皆様 is the standard polite way to address a group in any setting, while 諸君 is a formal, rhetorical term typically used in speeches or by someone in a position of authority.

Don't confuse with

諸しょ氏し sense 1
諸氏 refers to 'those various persons' in the third person and is used when writing about a group, while 諸君 is a direct second-person form of address used when speaking to the group itself.

Etymology

Compound of 諸 (sho, 'various, many') and 君 (kun, 'you, lord'). The combination creates a formal plural 'you' used to address a group.