私 — meaning in English
watashi
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English meaning
- appropriate adj Suitable or correct for a particular situation.
- i pronoun Used by a speaker or writer to refer to themself as the subject of a sentence.
- ME pronoun The object form of "I" — used for the speaker when they are not the one doing the action, e.g. after a verb or preposition.
- mine pron Belonging to me; the possessive form of "I" used on its own, without a following noun.
- my det Belonging to or associated with the speaker.
Senses
私 is used for these senses in English:
- appropriate (transitive) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.
- me As the object (direct or indirect) of a verb.
- mine That or those belonging to me.
- my Belonging to me.
appropriate — full definition
- adj Suitable or correct for a particular situation.
- verb To take something for one's own use, often without permission.
i — full definition
- pronoun Used by a speaker or writer to refer to themself as the subject of a sentence.
- noun The ninth letter of the English alphabet.
- noun The sense of one's own identity or self; the ego.
- numeral The Roman numeral for one.