also: おいら
Only with reading おれら / オレら
Casual, masculine first-person plural pronoun. Used among close friends or in informal settings. Can sound rough or assertive.
Casual, masculine first-person singular pronoun, especially with the reading おいら. Often used in a playful, rustic, or self-deprecating manner. Can also be used by children or in fictional dialects.
I don't know anything about that.
We're going to the beach tomorrow.
Let's do it just by ourselves.
Leave it to me!
我々 is a formal, gender-neutral 'we' used in speeches or writing, unlike the casual masculine 俺ら.
俺 is the singular form 'I', while 俺ら is its plural (or, informally, singular) counterpart with the same rough masculine register.
Standard kanji spelling for the plural first-person pronoun.
Kana spelling for the singular first-person pronoun; often associated with a rustic or playful tone.
Rarely used kanji form.
Alternate kanji spelling; less common than 俺ら.
Katakana spelling; used for emphasis or stylistic effect.
Derived from 俺 (おれ, 'I') + plural suffix ら. The reading おいら is a phonetic shift from おれら, possibly influenced by dialectal or playful speech.