Archaic second-person pronoun, familiar or derogatory. Used in historical or period contexts; not used in modern Japanese.
「我主、そこをどれ」と侍が言った。
"You there, move aside," said the samurai.
時代劇では「わぬし」という呼びかけが聞かれる。
In period dramas, one can hear the address 'wanushi'.
Archaic kanji spelling for the pronoun わぬし.
Variant archaic kanji spelling.
Variant archaic kanji spelling.
A contraction of 我が主, literally “my lord,” which developed into a familiar or sometimes disparaging second-person pronoun.