Talk:彼女

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I think that 彼氏彼女の事情(kareshi kanojo no jijo) is not a correct quotation for 彼女(kanojo) as pronoun.

彼氏(kareshi) doesn't mean "he" or "his", but a boyfriend. So I think 彼女(kanojo) in this sentence means a girlfriend.

How do you think about this? If nobody disagree with my opinion, I'll edit this quotation.

(I'm sorry that my sentence may have some mistakes because I'm not a native English speaker.)


 * I agree that it may not be optimal, but it is not entirely incorrect -- 1) the phrase is also the title of a manga series, and the English translation of the series is given as "His and Her Circumstances" (see Google and also the relevant Wikipedia page in English, at w:Kare Kano), and 2) according to Daijirin and Shogakukan's, among others, first appeared in the early  as a slightly mocking term for , with the  meaning only arising later.
 * That said, I agree again that this is not an optimal usage example, and should be replaced with something more general.
 * (Your English writing may not be perfect, but it is clear and understandable. ^_^ )
 * ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 18:12, 1 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Sorry that long time has passed since you replied to me and thank you for your precious information. I guess manga is one of the most popular part of Japanese culture, so using titles of manga is good. Now I'm not sure if I should edit the article or not, so I'll wait for another opinion. Thank you very much!

RFV discussion: April 2017–July 2020
Rfv-sense ばかFumiko￥talk 09:31, 25 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Looks to me like a mistake, if Japanese people follow the western custom and refer to a ship as "kanojo", that would be pronoun sense #1. Siuenti (talk) 00:31, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * 彼女 is used in this sense in Japanese. Japanese also has the expression, . See http://www.warbirds.jp/kakuki/kyosaku/19kan/idacho.htm where you will find "彼女の処女航海". See also, http://whalingmuseum-arcticvisions.org/captain-john-bartlett-of-the-panther/?lang=ja . I also agree that this sense should be listed under Pronoun. 馬太阿房 (talk) 19:26, 26 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Apparently that website looks made from machine-translation. Japanese custom don't treat ship as female.--荒巻モロゾフ (talk) 17:23, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Move it to the pronoun section and mark it as rare. — T AKASUGI Shinji (talk) 01:34, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
 * If the sense is real, the definition should also change from "Western custom" to "English custom" (re treating ships as females). English is not the only "Western" language, LOL. --Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 22:10, 2 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Nor is English the only language that does this.__Gamren (talk) 15:45, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
 * RFV-deleted. Still only one cite, which I have moved to Citations:彼女. &mdash; surjection &lang;??&rang; 23:45, 20 July 2020 (UTC)