拙者

Japanese

Kanji in this term
拙	者
せつ > せっ Grade: S	しゃ Grade: 3
kan’on

Alternative spelling
拙者 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せっしゃ [sèsshá] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [se̞ɕːa̠]

Pronoun

拙(せっ)者(しゃ) • (sessha)

(archaic, humble, men's speech) I; me
- 2006 July 9, Watsuki, Nobuhiro, “第(だい)一幕(まく)　「剣(けん)心(しん)・緋(ひ)村(むら)抜(ばっ)刀(とう)斎(さい)」 [Act 1: “Kenshin: Himura the Battōsai”]”, in るろうに剣(けん)心(しん)　—明(めい)治(じ)剣(けん)客(かく)浪(ろ)漫(まん)譚(たん)— [Rurōni Kenshin —Ballad of a Meiji Swordsroamer—], volume 1 (fiction), kanzenban edition, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 54:
  
  剣(けん)心(しん)　「緋(ひ)村(むら)剣(けん)心(しん)」　それが拙(せっ)者(しゃ)の今(いま)の名(な)前(まえ)でござる
  Kenshin “Himura Kenshin” Sore ga sessha no ima no namae de gozaru
  Kenshin. “Himura Kenshin”. From now on you could call me that if you will.

See also

小生(しょうせい) (shōsei)

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