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第二人称 (だいににんしょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

第だい二に人にん称しょう

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に

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Meanings

1

Linguistic term referring to the grammatical category that indicates the addressee. Used in grammar discussions.

日本にほん語ごの第だい二に人にん

称しょう

に

は

「

あなた

」

や

「

君きみ

」

など

が

ある

。

Japanese second-person pronouns include 'anata' and 'kimi'.

Kanji

第No., residence
二two, two radical (no. 7)
人person
称appellation, praise, admire

Related words

第だい一いち人にん称しょう
Refers to the first person (I, we), while 第二人称 refers to the second person (you).
第だい三さん人にん称しょう
Refers to the third person (he, she, they), while 第二人称 refers to the second person (you).

Built from

第だい二に+人にん称しょう

Etymology

Compound of 第二 (second) + 人称 (person, grammatical person). A straightforward Sino-Japanese term used in linguistics.