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彼氏 (かれし, kareshi) Japanese meaning: boyfriend | Kotomora
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I'm going to see a movie with my boyfriend this weekend.
Usage patterns 彼かれ 氏し ができる to get a boyfriend
I got a boyfriend last month.
彼かれ 氏し と 別わか れる to break up with one's boyfriend
She just broke up with her boyfriend.
彼かれ 氏し にする to make someone one's boyfriend
I'd like to make that guy my boyfriend.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 彼かれ 氏し を 紹しょう 介かい する to introduce one's boyfriend to someone
I introduced my boyfriend to my parents.
Kanji 氏 family name, surname, clan Related words 恋人 is a gender-neutral term for a romantic partner, while 彼氏 specifically means a male boyfriend.
彼氏 is the standard, neutral word for 'boyfriend', while 男 in this sense sounds more colloquial or possessive, as in あの女の男.
彼氏 is the more natural, everyday Japanese word for a romantic boyfriend, while ボーイフレンド sounds more casual or Western-influenced and can also mean a platonic male friend.
彼氏 is the common, unambiguous word for 'boyfriend', while 彼 used this way is casual and can be mistaken for the plain pronoun 'he'.
Written forms 彼かれ 氏し Usage 99%
Standard common spelling for both the ordinary meaning 'boyfriend' and the much less central jocular pronoun use.
カレシ Usage 1%
Etymology A compound of 彼, associated with a male person or 'he', and 氏, a term for a person or gentleman. The spelling transparently supports the modern meaning 'boyfriend', though the exact historical development is not specified.
