also: おれ
Dated, rough, arrogant male first-person pronoun. Used to assert dominance or in a self-important manner. Not used in modern polite conversation.
I'll take you on.
Listen to what I say.
Standard kanji form for this dated male pronoun.
Gikun reading; the kanji 乃公 is read as おれ in some contexts, but this is a non-standard reading.
Borrowed from Classical Chinese 乃公, literally “your father,” an overbearing self-reference used with the sense “I” or “this lord.”