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garote ([personal profile] garote) wrote2005-11-09 07:10 pm

Question:

Perhaps all you folks who know Japanese can answer a question for me: Is it true that the Japanese language contains a special form of the pronoun "you", just for addressing the emperor? If so, how/when is that pronoun used today?

[identity profile] banjomensch.livejournal.com 2005-11-10 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know about 2nd person pronoun for the emperor, but the 1st person pronoun the emperor historically used when dealing with his subjects was "chin".
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[personal profile] brianh 2005-11-10 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
Apparently, "Tennou Heika", "Your Imperial Majesty" or "Your Heavenly Majest is a pronoun. And I suppose it's still used for the emperor.