お前・御前|おまえomae[0]heiban (flat)
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- pronounyouformerly honorific, now very informalお前を娘の夫にしよう。↗You shall be my daughter's husband.
- nounbefore (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
- Synonymお前さんおまえさんCasualSlightly more affectionate or teasing than 「お前」; heard from older speakers and in period dramas, and wives may use it for their husbands. Rare in modern speech.
- Antonym俺おれCasualA rough male first-person 'I' that often pairs with 「お前」 (「俺とお前」) in casual talk; switch to 「私」 in formal settings.
- AntonymわしCasualA first-person 'I', not 'you': used mostly by elderly men and in western-Japan dialects. It stands opposite to the second-person 「お前」 as I to you.
Use 「お前」 for a casual 'you' to peers or juniors, but it can offend strangers. 「お前さん」 adds warmth and sounds old-fashioned. 「儂」 and 「俺」 are first-person 'I' — 「俺」 is the rough male counterpart that pairs with 「お前」.
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