► 名詞
自分 [じぶん] meaning: self rank: 1
☆ 自分でやるよ ⇨ I will do it myself
☆ 自分の事は自分で始末をつけろ ⇨ You solve your own problem yourself
☆ 誰も自分が可愛い ⇨ Everybody wants to protect themselves
More examples:
- 上司にへいこらするのは自分の性に合わない ⇨ It’s not my personality, in me, to brown-nose my boss
- 経験を得るためには自分でやらなくてはいけない ⇨ You have to do it yourself in order to gain experience
- 信じられなくて自分の頬をつねった ⇨ I couldn’t believe it I had to pinch my cheek, myself
- 彼が自分で自分の非を認める訳がない ⇨ There is no way he would admit he was wrong
- 彼は誰も反対出来ないのを良い事に、憲法を自分の都合の良いように変えた ⇨ He changed the constitution for his favor, taking advantage of the fact that nobody can oppose him
- 彼は何事も自分の権力を誇示するためにやっている ⇨ He is doing everything to flaunt his power
- 彼は自分の考えを押し通した ⇨ He pushed his idea through, he never relented
- 彼は自分の意思でそうした ⇨ He did so on his own volition
- 彼は店主に自分の製品を置かせてもらえるよう掛け合った ⇨ He negotiated the store owner to let him display his products
- 自分で直に聞いた話 ⇨ A story I heard directly myself
- 彼は他人を貶めることで自分をよく見せようとする ⇨ He tries to make himself look better by degrading others
- 日本人は自分達で自分の国を守るという意識が薄い ⇨ Japaneses have little sense to defend their own nation themselves
- あいつは文句は多い癖に自分は何もしない ⇨ He complains a lot even though he doesn’t produce anything himself
- 彼は自分の仕事を他に押し付けようとした ⇨ He tried to forcefully pass his work to somebody else
- 自分の立場を弁えろ ⇨ Know your position, rank, status, and act accordingly. Don’t overstep your bounds