彼氏
Japanese
Kanji in this term
彼
氏
か(れ)
Grade: S
し
Grade: 4
yutōyomi
Etymology
彼
(
kare
,
“
he
;
him
;
boyfriend
”
)
+
氏
(
shi
,
“
he
;
him
”
)
Pronunciation
(
Tokyo
)
か
れし
[káꜜrèshì]
(
Atamadaka
– [1])
[1]
[2]
IPA
(key)
:
[ka̠ɾe̞ɕi]
Pronoun
彼
(
かれ
)
氏
(
し
)
•
(
kareshi
)
he
;
him
彼
(
かれ
)
氏
(
し
)
彼
(
かの
)
女
(
じょ
)
の
事
(
じ
)
情
(
じょう
)
Kareshi
Kanojo no Jijō
His and Her Circumstances
Noun
彼
(
かれ
)
氏
(
し
)
•
(
kareshi
)
a
boyfriend
(
male partner in a romantic relationship
)
Usage notes
This is an example of a word that can be spelled with
katakana
to convey an
informal
conversational tone, as
カレシ
.
See also
彼
(
かの
)
女
(
じょ
)
(
kanojo
)
References
2006
,
大辞林
(
Daijirin
)
, Third Edition (in Japanese),
Tōkyō
:
Sanseidō
, →ISBN
1998
,
NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典
(
NHK
Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary
)
(in Japanese),
Tōkyō
:
NHK
, →ISBN
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