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JLPT N5 · Pronoun

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

  1. 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.
Tatoeba #140263

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 私

私
private, I, meシ・わたくし・わたし · 7 strokes

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.