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== First-person pronouns ==
===''Atai'', ''Ashi''===
: 私 "I, a cute little girl." Contraction of ''atashi''; used only by young girls or, rarely, by very immature and informal women.
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** Out of the others in his class, Aoyama uses it, as does Iida when he gets emotional (he normally uses "ore").
** As for more reprehensible users, we have [[Smug Snake|Neito Monoma]] and {{Spoiler|[[Big Bad|All For One]]}}.
* {{spoiler|The fake "fourth"}} Elan Ceres of ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam:
===''Chin''===
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* Shizuru (who isn't, either) in ''[[My-HiME]]'' and ''[[Mai-Otome]]''.
* Haruka, who admittedly isn't an idiot, from [[Chu-Bra]].
* Kohran from ''[[Sakura Taisen]]'' uses it (as well as speaking [[Kansai Regional Accent|Kansai-ben]]), but is technically a [[Chinese Girl]].
* Hazel from ''[[Saiyuki]]'' Gunlock, mainly to emphasize that he's foreign. (Also not an idiot. Maybe.)
* Tayuya in ''[[Naruto]]''.
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* The infamous "Waga Shikabane wo Koe yo" tech from [[Sega]]'s ''Sangokushi Taisen'' games, one of the many [[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]] inspired Japanese game series. It reached [[Memetic Mutation]] levels when videos depicting it were paired with J-ROCK group Onmyouza's similarly named ''Waga Shikabane wo Koete yuke''. For the Japanese illiterate, the phrases translate to "Over My Dead Body".
* Used in Japanese translations of [[The Quran]].
* Sakura Kinomoto from ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' uses this during transformation sequences (e.g. "真の姿を'''我'''の前に示せ" in episode 2). It's most likely used to create a feeling of divinity, and otherworldliness, between her and the other characters during transformations.
===''Washi''===
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* Kotengu in ''[[Harukanaru Toki no Naka de]]'' uses this; technically, being a tengu, he is probably [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]] or so, but he spends most of the time [[Sleep Mode Size|sealed]] in the form of a [[Small Annoying Creature]], so the pronoun seems a little out of place.
* Byakuroku and Daidai in ''[[Otome Youkai Zakuro]]'', to go with their anachronistic speech patterns.
* Hideyoshi Kinoshita in ''[[Baka Test]]'' does this all the time. Strange in the fact that he's the
* Lordgenome in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', pre-[[Time Skip]]. [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|Over a thousand years old yet looks like a middle-aged guy]] with a [[Bald of Evil]].
* Azazel in ''[[Yondemasuyo, Azazel-san]]'' as part of his [[Kansai Regional Accent]].
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===''Temē''===
: てめえ A ''very'' rude and confrontational word for "you", almost exclusively used by rough-talking males. Commonly translated as "you bastard"<ref>not that it prevents Google Translate from translating it as "[[Obligatory Swearing|dickwad]]"...</ref>. A corruption of 手前 ''temae'', literally "that which is in front of me", though much more common. ''Temae'' was also used in the first person, usually by the lower classes, and was in contrast very self-effacing.
* Ranma from ''[[Ranma ½]]'' uses this frequently.
* So does Tasuki from ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]].''
* Video game example: I-no in ''[[Guilty Gear]] XX'' has absolutely no respect for other people, and thus addresses everyone this way.
* Ex-gangster Hanamichi Sakuragi from ''[[Slam Dunk]]'' (who uses ''ore'' as his personal pronoun) usually refers to other ''males'' that way, indicating his turbulent past. On the other hand, he reverts to a much more polite speech when talking to women.
* Found very frequently in the mouth of ''[[Digimon Savers]]''{{'}} Masaru Daimon.
* Katsuya Jonouchi generally referred to anyone he had a slight problem with as "temē" in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''.
* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'', Kyosuke Kiryu/Kalin Kessler uses this while a Dark Signer. "Temē no turn da!"
* Anise of ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'' uses this several times. (In which it's funny that in battle, she only says it if Luke and Jade are out of the party.)
* Hisui of ''[[Tales of Hearts]]'' uses it for ''everyone''. People who he warms up to, including the main character, graduate to ''omae'', and that's as polite as he gets.
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* Kyo Kusanagi from ''[[King of Fighters]]'' uses this when speaking with Iori Yagami. When speaking with Ash Crimson, this gets elevated into a yell.
* Ichigo of ''[[Bleach]]'' frequently uses this. Then again, he talks like a delinquent anyway. Grimmjow uses it for pretty much everyone.
* Rare female example? Patti Thompson from ''[[Soul Eater
* Katakura Kojuro from ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'' when talking to his underlings. And anyone he dislikes really.
** Tachibana Muneshige uses ''temae'' to refer to himself in a humble manner.
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===''-tachi''===
: 達 A suffix used to denote a group that includes the person referred to. [Name]''-tachi'' translates loosely to "[Name] and one or more others"; most singular pronouns can get this suffix attached for a similar effect. When appended to nouns the result can be interpreted as a collective term: "X-tachi" is roughly equivalent to "All the X".
* In one ''[[Minami-ke]]'' episode, Haruka refers to Chiaki and the others with her as "Chiaki-tachi".
* Used in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' in the instances where the catchphrase is said by a group. It becomes "Ore-tachi wo dare da to omotte yagaru?!" or "Who the hell do you think we are?!"
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* In ''[[Super Robot Wars EX]]'', at least one of the Puru sisters say "Funnel-tachi" when using a Funnel attack.
* In ''[[Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'' the SOS Brigade is referred by "Haru-tachi". The "Haru" can mean either Haruhi or [[Sixth Ranger|Haruka]] depending on the context.
* Not only should you know who [[
* In ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]'', Keiichi, Rika, Shion, and the others in the game club often refer to themselves as [[True Companions|nakama-tachi]].
* "Geki! Teikoku Kagekidan", the original theme song to ''[[Sakura Wars]]'', is usually sung by one or more members of the Hanagumi about themselves; depending on the version and the character singing, the lyrics refer to the members of their troop as "watashi-tachi" or "watakushi-tachi".
===''Wareware''===
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