我々 — meaning in English

English meaning

• our det Belonging to or associated with the speaker and at least one other person.
• ours pron The thing or things belonging to the speaker and others, used without a following noun.
• we pron The speaker together with at least one other person.

Senses

我々 is used for these senses in English:

• ours (colloquial, may seem patronising) That or those belonging to an individual being addressed; used especially to a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given.
• royal we The first-person plural pronoun as traditionally used in formal speech by any royal personage to refer to themselves, most especially a sovereign in their role as the monarch.
• we The institution which the speaker/writer is acting for. (This is the editorial we, used by writers and others when speaking with the authority of their publication or organisation.)

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