私
N5わたくし watakushi
- (humble) I
- myself
pronoun
Chinese meanings
我(自谦)
Examples
- 私は泳げません。I don't know how to swim.我不会游泳。
- 彼女は私の子供の世話をしてくれる。She takes care of my children.她会帮我照顾孩子。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('d5c2e69813'); // 私
{
"id": "d5c2e69813",
"word": "私",
"reading": "わたくし",
"romaji": "watakushi",
"meanings": [
"(humble) I",
"myself"
],
"level": "N5",
"pos": [
"pn"
],
"jmdict_id": 2842390,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "私は泳げません。",
"furigana": "{私|わたくし}は{泳|およ}げません。",
"en": "I don't know how to swim.",
"tatoeba_id": 159334
},
{
"ja": "彼女は私の子供の世話をしてくれる。",
"en": "She takes care of my children.",
"tatoeba_id": 89373
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "19be0e0f42a00cce569d3ffbdd308239379e320c4c774a263ada5197b671df1f",
"meanings": [
"我(自谦)"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "私は泳げません。",
"zh": "我不会游泳。"
},
{
"ja": "彼女は私の子供の世話をしてくれる。",
"zh": "她会帮我照顾孩子。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n5/d5c2e69813",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "c76b68a5cde0934428fad4e75b69d9df74cd3e67af166c6e9dd3ce2a5eae908c"
}
}