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きんじ
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An archaic or colloquial second-person pronoun meaning 'you'. The reading here (きんじ) is old-fashioned and rarely used in modern speech.

PronounArchaicColloquial

Examples

古文書には「君(きんじ)よ、聞け」と呼びかける記述が見られる。

In old documents you can see addresses like, 'You (kinji), listen.'

この時代の物語で『君』と呼ばれる人物は身分の高い相手を指すことが多い。

In stories of this period, a person addressed as 'kimi' often refers to someone of high status.