Is 「てまえ」an informal way of referring to someone?


I was recently flipping through a copy of the [新宿]{しんじゅく}スワン manga and seem to
recall a senior figure talking to a junior character, referring to them
multiple times as 「てまえ」.

It caught my attention as unless I misread it, it was not 「おまえ」, which I could
have understood.

Is this a way to refer to another (junior) person?




てまえ (手前) literally in front of my/your hands. Besides having several meanings
as a noun, it can be used as first person pronoun or as second person pronoun.
(See [dictionary entry](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/152396/m0u/),
under 2 [代].)

てまえ (as a pronoun) is also pronounced (and written) as
[てめえ](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/152495/m0u/).

Although historically being used for people of higher rank, てまえ/てめえ is now
colloquial language for addressing someone of equal or lower rank and, in your
situation, a synonym for おまえ (or おれ, when used as first person pronoun).




てまえ (手前) literally in front of my/your hands. Besides having several meanings
as a noun, it can be used as first person pronoun or as second person pronoun.
(See [dictionary entry](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/152396/m0u/),
under 2 [代].)

てまえ (as a pronoun) is also pronounced (and written) as
[てめえ](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/152495/m0u/).

Although historically being used for people of higher rank, てまえ/てめえ is now
colloquial language for addressing someone of equal or lower rank and, in your
situation, a synonym for おまえ (or おれ, when used as first person pronoun).

