Archaic second-person pronoun, familiar or derogatory. Used in historical or period contexts; not used in modern Japanese.
"You there, move aside," said the samurai.
In period dramas, one can hear the address 'wanushi'.
Standard polite 'you' in modern Japanese, unlike the archaic and familiar/derogatory わぬし.
Modern informal/rude 'you', but still in use; わぬし is purely archaic.
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.