In Japanese, wareware 我々 means "we," or "us." It's a plural reduplication of the first person pronoun ware 我. The word wareware tends to be used to refer to us as individuals members of a group, or of an organization.
- Context: a wild ufo appears.
- wareware wa uchuujin desu
我々は宇宙人です
We are aliens.
Manga: One Punch Man, Wanpanman ワンパンマン (Chapter 9)
- Context: a caped baldy with extreme strength is targeted by an evil organization. He interrogates one the bad guys concerning why they're after him.
- {wareware no bosu ga
anata no karada ni
kyoumi wo motta}
you desu
我々のボスがあなたの体に興味を持ったようです
It seems {our boss had interest in your body}.- wareware no
我々の
Our. In this case, the speaker is one of many members of an organization, and he's referring these members' boss.
- wareware no
- !
- ore, otoko ni kyoumi nee zo...
俺オトコに興味ねーぞ・・・
I don't have interest in men... - iya, chigaimasu, sensei
いや違います先生
No, [you got it wrong], master.- They aren't "interested" as in "attracted," they are "interested" in why he's so physically powerful.
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