おまえさん

Japanese

Alternative spellings
御前さんお前さん

Alternative forms

(dialect) おまいさん (omaisan), おめえさん (omēsan), おめさん (omesan)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おまえさん [òmáésáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [o̞ma̠e̞sã̠ɴ]

Pronoun

おまえさん • (omae-san) ^{←おまへさん (omafesan)^?}

(archaic, polite) you
- 1810, Shikitei Sanba, Ukiyoburo [Bathhouse of the Floating World], volume 2:
  
  御(お)前(まえ)さん、是(ここ)をお浴(あ)び遊(あす)ばしてお上(あ)がりあすばせ
  Omae-san, koko o oabi asubashite oagari asubase
  You may go and bathe now
(colloquial, familiar) mate, darling
おい、おまえさん！
Oi, omae-san!
hey, buddy!

Usage notes

Used as a term of address. Historically the form was considered a somewhat polite though friendly second-person pronoun. In contemporary usage, it is most often addressed to a close friend or other intimate. The suffix さん (-san) marks the term as more polite than various synonyms, but お前(まえ) (omae) may be considered impolite if addressed to individuals of different social status from the speaker.

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN