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私わたし自じ身しん

also: わたくしじしん

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Common word

Meanings

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pronoun

myself; personally; I myself

Emphatic first-person pronoun; stresses that the speaker is the one doing or experiencing something, often contrasting with others.

私わたし自じ身しんはその計けい画かくに反はん対たいです。
I myself am against the plan.
これは私わたし自じ身しんの問もん題だいです。
This is my own problem.

Written forms

私自身
- わたしじしん
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading わたしじしん is the most common.
- わたくしじしん
  Formal reading; used in very polite or ceremonial contexts.
わたくしじしん

Kanji

私private, I, me
自oneself
身somebody, person, one's station in life

Similar words

自じ分ぶん自じ身しん
自分自身 is a more general reflexive pronoun meaning 'oneself', while 私自身 specifically refers to the speaker ('myself').
私わたし
私 is the plain first-person pronoun 'I/me'; 私自身 adds emphasis, like 'I myself' or 'personally'.

Etymology

Compound of 私 (watashi, 'I') + 自身 (jishin, 'self'). The reading わたくしじしん uses the more formal variant of 私.