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First-Person Pronouns: When Female Speakers Use 僕 or 俺

The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language

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Ntenesness. Um Bokbok Is More Masculine Than Oe, I Guess.

Bok bok is, you know, like differently less masculine or less manly than oe. Boken ole especially in midia, when people do that, it's used as a character build. There is some inference from takaraka kagiki dan a (Takaraska) - a japanese theatre troop run by only female actralis. In the 19 thirties, their main audience, and also other similar female trips, switch from male adults to young females. And then, my ah, when that happens, male speech, including kimi or boke, go popular between those female fands.

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