人称(にんしょう)

にんしょう
noun
person (grammar)
language
1. person (in grammar)
The grammatical category that distinguishes the speaker (first person), the listener (second person) and others (third person). Usually in compounds such as 一人称(いちにんしょう) and 人称(にんしょう)代名詞(だいめいし).

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Usage

一人称(いちにんしょう) is often used in everyday talk to mean the word a person uses to refer to themselves: 彼(かれ)の一人称(いちにんしょう)は「俺(おれ)」だ "he calls himself 俺."