お前

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前
まえ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

御前

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) おまえ [òmáé] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [o̞ma̠e̞]

(Tokyo) おめえ [òméé] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [o̞me̞ː]

Pronoun

お前 (hiragana おまえ, rōmaji omae, historical hiragana おまへ)
(alternative reading hiragana おめえ, katakana オメー, romaji omē)

(informal, men's speech) you

(alternative reading hiragana おめ, romaji ome)

(dialectal) you

Usage notes

Slightly condescending if used by a higher status peer to refer to a lower status peer, very informal between close equal-status peers, impolite in other situations.

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