爾じ汝じょ

noun

you; thou

Archaic second-person pronoun from classical Chinese. Not used in modern Japanese; encountered only in old texts or as a literary allusion. Conveys a sense of familiarity or condescension depending on context.

• 漢かん文ぶんでは「爾じ汝じょ」は親したしい相あい手てを呼よぶ言こと葉ばとして使つかわれた。

  In classical Chinese, '爾汝' was used as a term for addressing a close acquaintance.