Meaning

Primary

You

Alternative

You Bastard

Word Type

pronoun, の adjective

Explanation

A valuable formal name ender. It's like saying "the valuable great you"... or something. Anyways, this means you, but it isn't as nice as it sounds.

貴様 used to be a polite way to say "you," but in modern Japanese it's almost always a strong insult, roughly like saying you bastard. The tone is dramatic, so you'll hear it from anime villains, but not usually in real conversation unless someone's joking around and pretending to be Vegeta from Dragon Ball.

Reading

きさま
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The readings are the reading you learned with plus the vocab reading for .

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 貴様ら

    you bastards

    貴様たち

    you bastards

Context Sentences

おい、貴様はだまっていろ!

Hey, you keep your mouth shut!

なぬっ、なぜ貴様がここにいる!?

What!? Why are you here!?

いいだろう、貴様の実力を見せてもらおうか。

Fine, let's see what you can do.

貴様がうるさかったせいで、昨日全然寝れなかったじゃねぇか。

I couldn't sleep a wink because YOU were so damn noisy.

Kanji Composition