Illustration: In a community pottery studio, a woman wearing a clay-smeared apron points firmly to her own chest with one hand and reaches for a heavy lump of clay with the other. A helpful friend has already extended both hands to take over, but pauses at her confident gesture.

JLPT N2pronounLevel estimated by Bebop

私わたし自じ身しん

watashijishin

myself

Example sentences

  1. 私自身わたしじしんは一度いちどもそこへ行いったことはない。

    I have never been there myself.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 私自身わたしじしんが行いく代かわりに息子むすこに行いかせます。

    I’ll get my son to go instead of going myself.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしは私自身わたしじしんの目めでそれを見みたのだ。

    I saw it with my own eyes.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 私自身

  • 私private; IOnシKunわたくし・わたし
  • 自oneselfOnジ・シKunみずから・おのずから・おのずと
  • 身somebody; personOnシンKunみ

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