Japanese

Pronoun

たれ ‎(romaji tare)

1. 誰: (archaic) interrogative personal pronoun; who
   • c. late 10th century Taketori Monogatari

     この女、「かくのたまふは誰（たれ）ぞ」と問ふ。

   • c. late 10th century Taketori Monogatari

     大納言「悪しく探ればなき也」と腹立ちて、誰（たれ）ばかりおぼえんにとて、「吾上りて探らむ」とのたまふて[...]

   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 614)

     Tare. タレ (誰) 誰. 例, Tarega maittaca. l, tareca maitta. (誰が参つたか. まはは, 誰か参つた) 誰が来たか. Tare naritomo. (誰なりとも) 誰であろうとも.

Derived terms

• 誰 (だれ) ‎(dare)

References

• Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 978-4-00-080021-1, published 1980.
• Sakakura, Atsuyoshi; Yūichi Ōtsu, Hiroshi Tsukishima, Toshiko Abe, Imai Gen'e (1957) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 9: Taketori Monogatari, Ise Monogatari, Yamato Monogatari (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0006-0009-5