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''See also: [[Glossary of Japanese gender and sex terminology]].'' | ''See also: [[Glossary of Japanese gender and sex terminology]].'' | ||
Japanese does not have grammatical gendered structures (i.e. conjugations or noun endings), but there are many gendered aspects of the language. | Japanese does not have grammatical gendered structures (i.e. conjugations or noun endings), but there are many gendered aspects of the language. Specific information, such as the gender of a person being referred to, is often implied through other context in the conversation. There are however, specific sets of vocabulary that are assigned to narrow demographics. For example, the first-person singular pronoun (i.e. "I" or "me") is different depending on the gender of the speaker: 僕 ("boku") is generally used by young men, while women tend to use あたし ("atashi"). There is also a neutral pronoun, 私 ("watashi"), although it's more formal. Certain words and expressions semantically refer to only one gender group, such as (伯母ちゃん) obaachan for a grandmother or old woman. | ||