呼び捨て[よびすて] (yobisute)

address informally

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呼び捨て (よびすて, yobisute) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “address informally”.

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Example sentences 6

その 先生せんせい生徒せいと 全員ぜんいんを 呼びよびすてにしている

The teacher calls all students by their first name.

安政4年(1857年)藩の下役人に呼び捨てにされたことを憤り、他の大庄屋と連名で訴状を提出する騒ぎを起こした。

In 1857, he became angry when a subordinate official called him by name without any honorific title, and caused an incident whereby a written complain was submitted jointly with other big shoya.

徳川家康を「家康」と呼び捨てにしていたり「家康公」「家康卿」「家康殿」と敬称をつけている箇所などがある点に言及している。

He also refers to the fact that Ieyasu TOKUGAWA is sometimes called simply 'Ieyasu,' and sometimes called with titles of honor, such as 'Ieyasu-ko' (Lord Ieyasu), 'Ieyasu-kyo' (Sir Ieyasu), or 'Ieyasu-dono' (Mr Ieyasu).

一方、所謂「天皇制」に批判的な者、また基本的に敬称を避ける傾向にある学術的な世界などにおいては「天皇」と呼び捨てることも多い。

On the other hand, persons who are critical of the so-called 'Emperor system' and the academic world which basically tends to avoid the title of honor and so on often call 'Tenno' (the Emperor) without an honorific title.