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► 代名詞
  [(1)ぼく]  [coll]  [peer]  [男]    meaning:  I  rank: 1
☆ 僕はそうわない ⇨ I don’t think so  (☛ Colloquial “I” used only by males)

  [(1)ぼく]  [coll]  [junior]  [女]    meaning:  you  rank: 4
☆ どうしたの、僕? ⇨ What’s wrong, you little guy?  (☛ Typically used by an adult female to address a stranger young boy)


More examples:
  • 僕は必死頑張った ⇨ I tried as hard as I could as if my life depends on it
  • 僕は彼女でないと駄目だ ⇨ It won’t work for me unless it’s her. She’s the one for me
  • 僕は子供頃余勉強出来なかった ⇨ I wasn’t very good at studying when I was a kid
  • これは僕の失敗だ。面目ない ⇨ This is my mistake. I am ashamed. I am sorry
  • 僕は焼き肉定食にします ⇨ I choose, take, the grilled-beef meal
  • 僕にはがいる ⇨ There is a little sister for me. I have a little sister
  • 僕は最近ギター弾き始めた ⇨ I recently started playing the guitar
  • 向きになったところをみると、僕の言ったことは図星だったみたいだ ⇨ Seeing the way he got really defensive, I guess what I said was a bull’s eye
  • 残念ながら僕は彼みたいにおめでたい性格じゃないんだ ⇨ Unfortunately I don’t have a carefree personality like him
  • らいで僕は彼女座ることになった ⇨ He tactfully arranged so that I sat next to her
  • 僕は言う信用しない ⇨ I don’t trust what he says
  • 僕はマラソン終盤完全にへばった ⇨ I was completely spent at the end of the marathon
  • 僕と彼女幼馴染だ ⇨ She and I have known each other since we were little kids
  • 僕は手料理一番好きだ ⇨ I love mom’s home cooking the best
  • 僕がしょっちゅう飲み屋 ⇨ The pub I go often