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我ら [spec1,news2,nf37] ； 我等； 吾等 [rK] ； 吾ら [sK]
【 われら [spec1,news2,nf37] 】
1. [pn] [form]
▶ we
▶ us
2. [pn] [poet]
▶ I
▶ me
3. [pn] [col]
《used to address a group of one's equals or inferiors》
▶ you



History:
4. A 2023-06-02 22:15:34  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -42 +42,2 @@
-<gloss>you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)</gloss>
+<s_inf>used to address a group of one's equals or inferiors</s_inf>
+<gloss>you</gloss>
3. A 2023-06-01 23:11:21  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2. A* 2023-06-01 18:51:46  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
Sankoku has these three senses tagged as (文), (雅), and (俗) respectively. 

Most of the small kokugos have our sense [3] tagged as (俗). Shinmeikai says it's dialectal.

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーー─┬───────────┬───────╮
│ 我ら　 │ 1,017,331 │ 58.9% │
│ 我等　 │   231,918 │ 13.4% │
│ 吾等　 │    11,773 │  0.7% │ - rK
│ 吾ら　 │     4,984 │  0.3% │ - sK
│ われら │   462,525 │ 26.8% │
╰─ーーー─┴───────────┴───────╯
  Diff: 
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
@@ -17,0 +19 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
@@ -26,0 +29 @@
+<misc>&form;</misc>
@@ -32 +35 @@
-<misc>&arch;</misc>
+<misc>&poet;</misc>
@@ -38 +41 @@
-<misc>&arch;</misc>
+<misc>&col;</misc>
1. A 2018-05-16 22:46:09  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -27 +26,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -33 +31,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -40 +37,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>

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