"Giac V. Nguyen" <gvnguyen@saomai.org> wrote:
> 
> 	I'm currently a student studying Japanese, and I was listening to 
> the Tenchi Muyo! soundtracks when a question occured to me:
> 
> 	From the 3rd Tenchi CD, which has "Boku wa Motto PAIONIA" [I am a 
> Pioneer], the beginning theme to the 2nd series, Sasami sings the tune. 
> My question is why she uses the term "boku". To my understanding, "boku" 
> is used by males when they refer to themselves. Why does Sasami use that 
> term, instead of "watashi"?
> 

"Boku" and "Ore" are male-oriented terms, but are sometimes used by
women in everyday speech - this is more common in the younger generation,
or so I am told.  


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