きむぢ

きむぢ

Japanese

Alternative forms

• きんぢ

Etymology

Compound of 君 (kimi) +‎ 貴 (muchi).

Pronoun

きむぢ (hiragana きむじ, rōmaji kimuji, historical hiragana きむぢ)

1. (archaic) second person personal pronoun: you
   • c. 1001–1014, Murasaki Shikibu, Genji Monogatari (Otome)

     「いかに、美しき、君の御ざれ心なり。きむぢは、おなじ年なれど、いふかひなく、はかなかめるかし」

   • c. late 11th-early 12th century Ōkagami (book 6)

     [...]もとめさせ給ひしに、なにがしぬしの蔵人にていますかりし時うけたまはりて、「わかき物どもは、えみしらじ。きむぢもとめよ」とのたまひしかば[...]

Derived terms

• きんじ (kinji)

See also

• 汝 (なむち) (namuchi), 汝 (なんじ) (nanji)
• お前 (まえ) (omae)

References

• Matsumura, Hiroji (1960) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 21: Ōkagami (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
• Yamagishi, Tokuhei (1959) Koten Bungaku Taikei 14: Genji Monogatari 2 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN