I Love Kanji私 (watashi)
私 (わたし, watashi) is a Japanese pronoun meaning “I; me”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- わたし
- Romaji
- watashi
- Word class
- Pronoun
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- I; me · pronoun · slightly formal or feminine
Example sentences
騒がしいホームで誰かが私の名前を呼んでいるのが聞こえた。
I could hear someone calling my name on the noisy platform.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Kanji in 私
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 私.
私用しようpersonal use私鉄してつprivate railway私立しりつprivate (establishment)私物しぶつprivate property私有しゆうprivate ownership
Source: JMdict entry 1311110 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.