1.
so-and-so; such-and-such a person; whoever
A placeholder pronoun used when referring to unspecified people or when listing names without specifying who exactly. Used like 'so-and-so' or 'Mr./Ms. X' in English.
誰々さんが来るらしい。
Apparently so-and-so is coming.
誰々が何を担当するか決めよう。
Let's decide who will be in charge of what.
誰々と誰々が参加するのか教えてください。
Please tell me exactly who will be participating.
誰々 is a reduplicated form of 誰, used as a placeholder when you don't want to name specific people or when referring to unspecified individuals.
USAGE:
Appears when listing people without naming them, when relaying information vaguely, or when talking about hypothetical situations. Often followed by さん for politeness.
COMMON PATTERNS:
- 誰々さんが来る (so-and-so is coming)
- 誰々と誰々 (this person and that person)
- 誰々が何を〜 (who does what)
RELATED REDUPLICATION PATTERNS:
Japanese question words can be reduplicated to create "such-and-such" placeholders:
- 何々: such-and-such (thing)
- どこどこ: such-and-such (place)
- いついつ: such-and-such (time)
- 何時何時: such-and-such (time/hour)