🌏 Region(s): Kanto (Tokyo)
うち【家】 : uchi | define meaning
uchi
Definition
Noun, pronoun
- (As a general noun) Home; one's home; one's house; one's place
- うちごはん【家ごはん・家ご飯】
uchi-gohan
"Home food", "Home cooking"
- うちごはん【家ごはん・家ご飯】
- (By association) Family; one's family; we; our
- うちのいぬ【家の犬】
uchi no inu
"The family dog", "Our dog"
- うちのいぬ【家の犬】
- (In informal business discussions) One's business; one's company; our company; we
- (As a pronoun used by young girls, usually written in kana) I; me; my
- うちはいく【うちは行く】
uchi wa iku
(Female) "I'm going", "I'll be going"
- うちはいく【うちは行く】
Etymology
The use of うち【家】 uchi as a general first-person pronoun by young girls in Tokyo and, more generally, the Kanto region, can be attributed to influence from Kansai dialects. This usage has become increasingly popular since the late 1990s.
Notes
In contrast, the term いえ【家】 ie, though spelled with the same Kanji, refers more generally to a "house" as opposed to one's own home.
意味：うち【家】、じぶんのかぞく【自分の家族】、わが【我が・吾が】、わがしゃ【我が社・我社・わが社】、わたし【私】