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Kisama? 2010/4/19 12:57
Since when and how did 「貴様」 become a highly insulting pronoun, considering it was once a honorific pronoun? (the Kanji itself is self-explanatory of this). I tried looking on the Internet but most just explain it as being very vulgar with no background explanation. Thanks in advance.
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. 2010/4/19 15:09
If you can read Japanese, this may help.
http://homepage2.nifty.com/osiete/seito320.htm
It became a common use to call the lower ranking solders in the Imperial Army/Navy time.
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