Japanese

Alternative forms

• きんぢ

Pronoun

きむぢ ‎(romaji kinji)

1. second person personal pronoun; you
   • c. 1001–1014, Genji Monogatari (Otome)

     「いかに、美しき、君の御ざれ心なり。きむぢは、おなじ年なれど、いふかひなく、はかなかめるかし」

   • c. late 11th-early 12th century Ōkagami (book 6)

     [...]もとめさせ給ひしに、なにがしぬしの蔵人にていますかりし時うけたまはりて、「わかき物どもは、えみしらじ。きむぢもとめよ」とのたまひしかば[...]

Derived terms

• きんじ ‎(kinji)

See also

• 汝 ‎(namuchi, nanji)
• お前 ‎(omae)

References

• Matsumura, Hiroji (1960) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 21: Ōkagami (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-000-60021-4
• Yamagishi, Tokuhei (1959) Koten Bungaku Taikei 14: Genji Monogatari 2 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0006-0015-X