僕達

Japanese

Kanji in this term
僕	達
ぼく Grade: S	たち Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
僕たち

Etymology

From 僕(ぼく) (boku, “I, me”) + 達(たち) (-tachi, plural marker).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぼくたち [bóꜜkùtàchì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
(Tokyo) ぼくたち [bòkútáꜜchì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [bo̞kɯ̟̊ta̠t͡ɕi]

Pronoun

僕(ぼく)達(たち) • (bokutachi)

(informal, men's speech) we, us

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in kana.

Related terms

私達(わたしたち) (watashitachi): (formal) we, us
僕(ぼく)ら (bokura): (informal, masculine) we, us

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN