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jmdict 1247250 Active (id: 2354179)
[ichi1] [rK]
きみ [ichi1] キミ [sk]
1. [pn] [fam]
《sometimes considered male language; referring to someone of equal or lower status》
▶ you
▶ buddy
▶ pal
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2863108 チミ 1. you; buddy; pal
  ⇐ see: 2662350 君ら【きみら】 1. you guys; buddies; pals; you lot
2. [n]
《orig. meaning》
▶ monarch
▶ ruler
▶ sovereign
▶ (one's) master
3. (君 only) [pn] [pol,obs]
▶ he
▶ she



History:
16. A 2025-12-11 22:09:51  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
15. A* 2025-12-11 20:41:04  parfait8
  Refs:
Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーー─┬───────────┬───────╮
│ 君は  │ 5,218,658 │ 87.3% │
│ きみは │   333,004 │  5.6% │
│ キミは │   427,172 │  7.1% │ add
╰─ーーー─┴───────────┴───────╯
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15,4 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>キミ</reb>
+<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
14. A 2022-09-07 22:05:09  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -9,0 +10 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
13. A 2021-10-08 10:55:07  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
12. A* 2021-10-05 21:11:02  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
That might work.
  Diff:
@@ -18 +18 @@
-<s_inf>sometimes considered male language; used for people of same or lower status as the speaker</s_inf>
+<s_inf>sometimes considered male language; referring to someone of equal or lower status</s_inf>
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