Editing Vocative case (section)

==Japanese==
{{See also|Japanese particles#yo}}
The vocative case is present in [[Japanese language|Japanese]] as the particle {{lang|ja|よ}}.<ref>{{cite book|author=Shogakukan|publisher=Shogakukan|title=日本国語大辞典精選版|trans-title=Shogakukan's Japanese Dictionary Concise Edition|language=ja}}</ref> This usage is often literary or poetic. For example:

{| class="wikitable"
|{{lang|ja|雨'''よ'''雪に変わってくれ！}}<br/>{{Transliteration|ja|Ame '''yo''' yuki ni kawatte kure!}}
|O Rain! Please change to snow!
|-
|{{lang|ja|万国の労働者'''よ'''、団結せよ！}}<br/>{{Transliteration|ja|Bankoku no rōdō-sha '''yo''', danketsu seyo!}}
|Workers of the world, unite!
|-
|{{lang|ja|少年'''よ'''、神話になれ！}}<br/>{{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen '''yo''', shinwa ni nare!}}
|[[A Cruel Angel's Thesis|Young boy, become a legend!]]
|}

In conversational Japanese, this same particle is often used at the end of a sentence to indicate assertiveness, certainty or emphasis.