Even in close relationships, Ore and Boku create different images. Which one to use can differ from person to person. Once your level in Japanese has improved, it may be a good idea to try and change the first-person pronoun you are using.
This can change depending on your character, the setting, or even your conversation partner. After learning how to refer to yourself in Japanese, how about learning to introduce yourself to someone else?
While explaining the intricacies of the different nuances of watashi, boku, and ore, I would like to recount some of my experiences with this from my seven years of experience living in Japan.
In one of the first articles I ever wrote on this site I laid out the instantaneous switch that can occur in peoples demeanor, which I coined as the switch. People will switch their entire attitude based on who they are talking to. The interesting thing about this is that because this switch occurs so frequently in Japanese social situations, it is completely acceptable and even desirable to show your desire to adjust yourself to the demands of your social situation.
This means that it is acceptable to put on different faces, and to change these faces at will in front of your peers.
While in a western country this may come across as disingenuous, in Japan this is a great gesture of your willingness to strive for communal peace and harmony.
This is where choosing the correct I choosing between boku, ore, and watashi, etc becomes a vital social component of life in Japan. The most important thing to consider is that one does not always use boku, or always use ore. It is important to use them all of these options as tools in your arsenal to be employed in different situations.
If someone asked me if I use boku, ore, or watashi, I would tell them that, of course, I use all three. There are a ton! Historically speaking many outdated self-referential pronouns exists, and they can create many different nuances. Watashi is used by everybody, but is usually only used by men in more formal situations.
Boku is used by boys, and generally by more polite or scholarly men. Ore is the most masculine personal pronoun and is used almost exclusively by men. And also by men far older when they want to show that they are "different" and "going my way, like a man gotta do. Watashi or watakushi is formal and neutral. If you're asking about what "college age males" should "use more when they speak with friends or acquaintances," the safest is definately "boku.
There are guys who dislike "boku" and then there are guys who dislike "ore. If you're talking about "college age" 18 to roughly 22 years old , yes. If you're talking about older adults, that's not necessarily so. The most common one would be "watashi", but in a casual situation, young girls often say "atashi" or sometimes "uchi". Very few girls would say "jibun" or "boku", but they are mainly used in anime. I suggest you, in the informal situation, to say yourself "watashi" or even "atashi", if you don't want to be very influenced by anime.
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