If they stop using Kanji, then yes. With kanji, it is "sometimes" not possible, but then again. All I've been saying is if they use just hiragana and katakana.

Can happen, but I don't think it will. There is still (and will be as things hold) a need for wa and ga particles. That's what I think...

In colloquial Japanese, wa, ga and wo are frequently dropped. Good ol' teenagers.

That's a contradiction.

Using the standard term is girlish now? Sigh. What a language.
Isn't it already [ɰ]? It's not [w].

"Watashi" is both standard form and feminine form. Males only use it to be polite. Otherwise they use boku and ore.


Really!? I've only heard it as w.

I personally would romanize that as oreno namaeha Nagarekawa Yuusuke desu. I see 5 words there.


Technically, it's neither. It's [w] with "compressed" lips, not rounded. I don't think there is an IPA symbol for compressed lips, since it's only found in a few languages. Aside from Japanese, I believe Swedish & Norwegian also have it.


That is absolutely not true. Watasi is not considered a feminine word at all, except maybe by some hypermasculine people.

I knew this was the case. I've seen it transcribed as both (with the appropriate diacritics). I just think it makes sense to use <ɰ> in analogy with the vowel /ɯ/.
Whew.

This bit sure saves me from the accusation that I'm a girl! :p Thanx!

I don't know how rickardspaghetti came to that conclusion. I've heard countless hours of spoken Japanese & I've heard men say watasi all the time, even in informal use.
Maybe he's been watching too much anime where all the guys say ore & ora all the time.

-_-' I watch anime all the time too... -_-'