► 代名詞
私 [わたくし] [liter] [polite] meaning: I rank: 1
☆ それは私個人の意見です ⇨ That’s my personal opinion (☛ More formal than “わたし”, used by both males and females)
私 [わたし] [polite] [男] meaning: I rank: 1
☆ 私はそうは思いません ⇨ I don’t think so (☛ Neutral and formal “I” for adult males)
私 [わたし] [女] meaning: I rank: 1
☆ 彼、私のことを大事にしてくれるの ⇨ He treats me very well (☛ The most common “I” for females of all ages, and for most situations except the most formal)
More examples:
- 私の考えるところでは… ⇨ According to my theory …
- 私ごっくんするの嫌い ⇨ I don’t like to swallow (semen)
- 私は米国で人種差別を身を以て体験した (みをもって) ⇨ I experienced racism directly myself, with my own body, in US
- 私達は会計システムを新しいものに切り替えた ⇨ We switched our accounting system over to a new one
- 私はロンドンを歩き回った ⇨ I walked all around London
- 私は彼と直接話した ⇨ I talked to him directly
- 私達は映像を壁に映した ⇨ We projected the picture on the wall
- 私は子供の時から要領が悪かった ⇨ I have never been smooth, shrewd, quick learner, effortless, since I was a kid
- 私達は二つの組に分かれた ⇨ We broke up into two groups
- 私は彼女の歌声に聞き惚れた ⇨ I was enamored by her singing voice
- 私は意識が段々薄れていった ⇨ I started losing consciousness gradually
- 私が若い頃助言してくれるような人は誰もいなかった ⇨ When I was young there was nobody around me who gave me good advice
- 私達はその製品は扱っていません ⇨ We don’t deal with, carry, that product
- 私は学校で教師に低能扱いされた ⇨ At school teachers treated me like a moron
- 私は最初ギターを兄の見様見真似で始めた ⇨ I started playing the guitar at first just watching and imitating the way my brother play