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うち

うち

Japanese

Noun

うち ‎(romaji uchi)

家: house, one's home
内: inside, one's own

Pronoun

うち ‎(romaji uchi)

家: one's family
- 1996 September 15, Mitsuru Adachi, “５×４Ｐ第１話お茶をにごす [5×4P Chapter 1: Tea-Bragging]”, in ショート・プログラム [Short Program], volume 2 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-121882-2, page 104:
  あ———
  
  A———
  
  Ah———
  
  どうしたの　サチコ？
  
  Dōshita no Sachiko?
  
  What is it, Sachiko?
  
  思 (おも)い出 (だ)した。うちのお父 (とう)さんだわ、あの人 (ひと)——
  
  Omoidashita. Uchi no otō-san da wa, ano hito——
  
  I remember now. That guy—— is my father
  
  あ——
  
  A——
  
  Oh——
内, 中: we, our (referring to one's in-group)
内, 中: (Kansai, informal) I, me (used by women and girls)
内, 中: my spouse
(informal) I, me (used by girls since the 90s)

See also

Japanese first-person pronouns

Japanese first-person pronouns by speakers and situations according to Yuko Saegusa, Concerning the First Personal Pronoun of Native Japanese Speakers (2009)

First-person pronouns by elementary school pupils (2008)
Speaker	Situation	1	2	3
Female	To friends	うち 49%	First name 26%	あたし 15%
	In the family	First name 33%	あたし 29%	うち 23%
	In a class	わたし 86%	あたし 7%	うち 6%
	To an unknown visitor	わたし 75%	あたし, first name, うち 8% each
	To the class teacher	わたし 66%	First name 13%	あたし 9%
Male	To friends	おれ 72%	ぼく 19%	First name 4%
	In the family	おれ 62%	ぼく 23%	うち 6%
	In a class	ぼく 85%	おれ 13%	First name, nickname 1% each
	To an unknown visitor	ぼく 64%	おれ 26%	First name 4%
	To the class teacher	ぼく 67%	おれ 27%	First name 3%

First-person pronouns by university students (2009)
Speaker	Situation	1	2	3
Female	To friends	うち 39%	あたし 30%	わたし 22%
	In the family	あたし 28%	First name 27%	うち 18%
	In a class	わたし 89%	あたし 7%	自分 3%
	To an unknown visitor	わたし 81%	あたし 10%	自分 6%
	To the class teacher	わたし 77%	あたし 17%	自分 7%
Male	To friends	おれ 87%	うち 4%	わたし, 自分 2% each
	In the family	おれ 88%	ぼく, 自分 5% each
	In a class	わたし 48%	自分 28%	ぼく 22%
	To an unknown visitor	ぼく 36%	自分 29%	わたし 22%
	To the class teacher	自分 38%	ぼく 29%	わたし 22%

Yonaguni

Noun

うち ‎(uchi)

cow