一人称
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Meanings
1
Grammatical term for the first-person perspective (I, we). Used in linguistics and language learning.
Japanese first-person pronouns include 私, 僕, 俺, and others.
2
self-reference term; term used to refer to oneself
A word or expression a person uses to refer to themselves, such as a pronoun or a name. Often discussed in the context of Japanese where multiple first-person terms exist.
He calls himself 自分, and that is his self-reference term.
Usage patterns
- 一人称で書くto write (a story) in the first person
This novel is written in the first person.
- 一人称に〈物〉を使うto use a certain word as one's first-person self-reference term
He uses "boku" as his first-person pronoun.