- おれ
- 俺
I (boastful first-person pronoun)
someone as skilled as me
someone like me* * *Iおれ【俺】I; me.●俺お前の間柄になる get pally [in] 《with…》; get on first-name terms 《with…》
・彼は社長と俺お前の間柄である. He's very pally with the boss. | He's in with the boss. | He and the boss are on first-name terms.
・人がやるなら俺もというやり方 me-tooism.
●俺様をだれだと思っている. Who do you take me for?
・俺とお前の仲じゃないか. Come on! We're friends [pals], aren't we?
II●俺が俺がの連中 ego-driven men.
おれ【俺】オレオレ詐欺 〔高齢者宅に息子や孫を装って電話をかけ金をだまし取る詐欺〕 an “it's me” scam; a scam in which a man calls an elderly person and, pretending to be a son or grandson, demands money.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.