Questions tagged [feminine-speech]
女言葉. Words, phrases, or techniques that may be used predominantly by girls and women, or carry connotations of femininity.
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On the usage of the prefixes お/ご in the plain form of female speech
I know that there are many differences between male and female speech, but my question is about plain form. Women use prefixes o- and go- more often than men. Is it true also in plain form?
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ギャル語 usage of 系? 買い物系
What is the purpose of 系's constant use in ギャル語? Is it just filler or supposed to give a certain feeling or meaning?
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Does よ in 歩きたいですからよ correct?
In a context like this:
A. どうしてドアを開けましたか。
B.歩きたいですからよ。
The bunpo-check keeps showing me that the よ is not correct.
If it's so, why, and if it's correct, does the よ make the sentence sounds feminine?
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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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Feminine speech: no だ before よ
Is it true that until recently women were expected to drop だ, ending a sentence with よ? For example:
今日、何曜日？
土曜日よ。
If it is true, was it thought to sound "gentler"? Why has this changed?
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As sentence-ending feminine particles, what is the difference between の and わ?
So according to Denshi Jisho, it says the following on these two particles:
の: Indicates emotional emphasis.
わ: Indicates emotion or admiration.
Those definitions sound similar. But there must be a ...
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Is the scream "gya" masculine and "kya" feminine?
I don't speak Japanese, but I notice in some manga (like Mr. Fullswing for example), male characters tend to scream "gya" or "guwa" while female characters tend to scream "kya".
Is it true that "gya" ...
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What is the function of よ in this context, and is this よ a deliberate imitation of "feminine" てよだわ言葉?
In the Ghibli film The Castle of Cagliostro, there is a scene where Lupin, a male character who mainly makes use of stereotypical-masculine language throughout the whole movie, utters the following ...
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Omitting "da" in casual speech
How acceptable is it to omit "da" in casual speech in phrases such as
-- chokoreto ga suki (da) yo
-- boku wa daigakusei (da)
And so on..... Do it also depend if it's a male or female talking?
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Is あたし seen as soft?
Is あたし seen as soft and girly like the particle わ is? Or can a girl just say it and not sound emotional or dramatic or soft?
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Does the term 女性語 identify words only used by women?
Women speak with certain word differences when compared with men and I want to verify if this term is used to describe them. Thank you.
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Learning Japanese from a female can create bad habits on my form of speak as a male? [closed]
I'm learning Japanese mainly with books and other "neutral" sources, but I have a female friend who is helping me with that too.
My main concern is if the fact that she being a women can makes me ...
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Gendered usage of 素敵
素敵 is often described as a feminine word. Just how feminine is it? What would be the impression of a male speaker using it, if he didn't already use feminine speech?
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The positive ～じゃない
Just how feminine is it? How odd would it be if a male speaker said it? I have found one example of someone male using, in a piece of fiction: Lest レスト、 the main character of Rune Factory 4 ルーンファクトリー４、...
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Regarding the word あたくし [duplicate]
It seems too formal for casual use, but too casual for formal use. In what sort of situation would anyone use あたくし?
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Can girls say いいな?
な is generally masculine speech, but in this case you can't replace it with ね for neutral speech of the same meaning. いいね is just 'it's nice', while いいな implies envy or hope. If they can't say いいな, ...
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Masculine and Feminine Speech - 行こうか and やめてよ
First, regarding 行こうか - is it masculine speech, like か in informal speech usually is? Also, does it sound agressive, again like normal with か in informal speech?
Second, is やめてよ feminine speech (as a ...
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「ね」 vs 「な」 in 「そうだね」 /「そうね」/ 「そうですね」
Another thread stated that when expressing agreement, we can choose between 「ね」 and 「な」. 「ね」 is more feminine and 「な」 is more masculine.
By that, would 「そうな」 be the masculine form of 「そうね」 ?
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Is わくわく waku waku a feminine expression?
I tried using this expression but a friend of mine who lives in Japan said it is feminine. I tried searching about this online but couldn't find any indication that it is. Is it really feminine? if it ...
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Sounding slightly effeminate in Japanese
Sorry if this has already been asked somewhere or if this is an unconstructive question...
I feel that my English speech is sometimes a bit effeminate (in informal conversation, that is). I would ...
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Is ending question sentences with の really feminine?
In What differences should I look out for between male vs female speech?, a lot of answers explicitly mention that ending question sentences with の is feminine.
However, this makes very little sense ...
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Is キモい a feminine expression?
I understand that キモい comes from 気持ち悪い and I have only heard it used by women. I am wondering if it is exclusively used by women like how ending sentences with わ or かしら is only used by women.
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does 「なう」have effeminate connotations?
I often get text messages from people who use the twitter-derived slang 「なう」 to mean "now." As in 「電車なう」meaning "(I am on the) train now."
However, these mainly come from women, and one gay dude. Is ...
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What is the implication when a gruff old man ends a sentence with わ?
In this question, it seems to me it was clearly established that わ, at the end of a sentence, is decidedly feminine. There was talk of a Kansai-ben わ with slightly different implications, but still ...
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Is it true that only girls use うち to refer to themselves?
Is it true that only girls will use うち to refer to themselves?
So when a guy say うち he is referring to his in-group / company / family, and not referring to himself, right?
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