Pronouns in Japanese

Japanese uses pronouns rarely, although there are many pronouns in Japanese, varying in degrees of formality. Women are also expected to use more formal pronouns than men.

* Ware - I, outdated, highly formal
* Waga - I,outdated, highly formal
* Watakushi - I, very formal
* Watashi - I, formal for men, average for women
* Atashi - I, slightly informal, female use
* Boku - Informal, male use only
* Ore - Highly informal, boastful, egotistic, male use only
* Anata - You, formal
* Kimi - You, average
* Kare - He
* Kanojo - Her
* Karera - They
* Atash'itati - We, female
* Bokutati - We, male
* Wareware - We

Despite this wide variety of pronouns, Japanese is a pro-drop language where context is usually sufficient to determine who or what you are speaking of.