余よ等ら

Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

formal or literary

Formal or literary first-person plural pronoun. Rare in modern conversation; used in speeches, formal writing, or older texts.

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Kanji

余too much, myself, surplus
等etc., and so forth, class (first)
予beforehand, previous, myself

Related words

我われ々われN3
我々 is the standard formal word for 'we' used in modern speeches and writing, while 余等 is archaic and literary, rarely seen outside old texts.
私わたしたちN3
私達 is the everyday, neutral word for 'we', while 余等 is a rare, formal/literary first-person plural used mainly in old writings.
僕ぼくら
僕等 is a casual, masculine 'we' used among friends, while 余等 is stiff and archaic, fit for formal or historical contexts.

Built from

余よ+ら

Written forms

余よ等ら
Standard kanji form for this formal/literary pronoun.
予よ等ら
Variant kanji form; less common but attested.

Etymology

Compound of 余 (yo, 'I', a formal/literary first-person pronoun) and 等 (-ra, pluralizing suffix). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the form is associated with formal and literary registers.