Questions tagged [gender]
男女の言葉遣い. For questions about gender-specific speech or how to address or refer to people depending on their gender. Note that Japanese doesn't have grammatical gender.
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Is ニュー・ハーフ considered a derogatory/offensive term in Japan for a transsexual individual?
Also, as a follow-up, is it used solely to refer to MtF trans individuals? From what I've read online in Japanese, that seems to be the case, but I just wanted to confirm. And if so, what is the most ...
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Kaguya-sama: 女の子 (onnanoko) as an opposite for 男子 (danshi)?
Related: Kaguya-sama: Dropping keigo when narrating?
In Kaguya-sama Chapter 52 / S02E02, there's a character named Moeha Fujiwara (the imouto of a main character Chika Fujiwara) who talks about Kei ...
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Stubbornly gender-neutral way to address or refer to your older sibling? (Wait a minute...what about non-binary?)
I believe Mandarin, Cantonese, Tagalog/Filipino/Philippine and English (I'm a monolinguist from HK and the Philippines) don't have this, and so Japanese probably doesn't either, but here goes:
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How relevant is gender in comparing last name-kun/chan compare to 1st name-san?
Re these questions:
How does last name-kun/chan compare to 1st name-san?
(Danganronpa) Why does Naegi call Togami "kun" and Aoi "san"?
(Kaguya-sama) WWhy does Chika call Miyuki ...
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What's up with males named Miyuki?
Edit 1: It's like A Boy Named Sue or something.
Edit 2: Should I split this question into 2 posts so I can accept both answers? Huhuhu. I think I'll just accept 1 and bounty the other. It's a ...
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Is "Shinya" gender-neutral name? Would it be too weird as female name? [closed]
I'm creating a female character. I really like that name but afraid that it's too weird for a woman, as every character or person I seen with that name were male.
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Is ending a statement with の really feminine?
I saw this very interesting and useful Q&A: Is ending question sentences with の really feminine? a while back, and it seemed to align with my own understanding of the 終助詞の. But I have heard this ...
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Can the [くん]{kun} suffix be used for non-binary people?
I recently played a videogame with a non-binary character and wanted to affectionately refer to them as [ロワン]{Rowan}[くん]{kun} but realized that this suffix is normally applied to males.
I also found ...
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Gender disparity in use of terms for children (女の子, 男の子) for adults
According to a paper I read some time ago for a class, words such as 女の子、女子 etc. are sometimes used for adults, where the coordinate male terms would generally not be used. Do we have some evidence ...
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～のね used by male speakers
I'd heard that the 「（名詞）ね」form was sometimes used by male speakers before, and I've been reminded by something in Dragon Quest IX. There is a character late in the game known as 大賢者, and while they're ...
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Japanese Interjections (Danseigo-Joseigo)
Do Japanese people still use danseigo and joseigo (especially interjection)?
Can joseigo be used by men? Such as まあ and あら.
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What's the significance of this female character's use of おまえ?
I'm accustomed to thinking of おまえ, in modern Japanese, as a second-person pronoun and form of address that is used by men and boys with their inferiors or equals. But in 『少年と犬』, by 馳星周, there's a ...
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When does 彼 refer to a person of indeterminate gender?
I've seen 彼 and even sometimes 彼氏 described in several dictionaries as a pronoun that can refer to a person of any gender, while 彼女 is explicitly female. However in the wild ive never seen a woman ...
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Use of 自分 in terms of dialect, formality, and gender
I was wondering in terms of Tokyo dialect, if there is a difference in gender and formality in the use of 自分 as a reflexive pronoun 'I'?
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Statistics on common readings for Japanese names
I am looking for statistics (raw data) on the most common readings for kanji used in names (family name or first name) and the most common gender for a name. Existing dictionaries tend to just spit ...
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