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出身

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 出身.

Dictionary

Entry

出身しゅっしんNounFreq #2856
1

one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

Examples
私は東京出身です。
I'm from Tokyo.
彼女は神戸大学の出身です。
She graduated from Kobe University.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

出

exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude

5 strokesFrequency 13JLPT N4Grade 1

On

シュツスイ

Kun

で.る-でだ.す-だ.すい.でるい.だす

Nanori

いずいづいでじすっすつてん
身

somebody, person, one's station in life

7 strokesFrequency 320JLPT N2Grade 3

On

シン

Kun

み

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