Japanese word

出身

Pronunciation

Romajishusshin

Meaning

  • nounhometown

Example

私の出身は大阪です。watashi no shus shin wa ō saka de su

My hometown is Osaka.

Illustration for 出身 (hometown)

More examples

私の出身は東京です。watashi no shus shin wa tō kyō de su

My hometown is Tokyo.

彼女は山形出身で、今は東京に住んでいます。kano jo wa yama gata shus shin de ima wa tō kyō ni su n de i ma su

She is from Yamagata and now lives in Tokyo.

Core concept

Points to the place or group that forms a person's starting background rather than where the person is now.

Common phrases

  • 東京出身tō kyō shus shin

    from Tokyo

  • ご出身はgo shus shin wa

    Where are you from

  • 同じ出身ona ji shus shin

    from the same place

Similar words

生まれumare: The place where a person was born.
故郷kokyō: A place from a person's earlier life that they regard as home.

Definition in Japanese

人が生まれた土地、またはかつて学んだ学校や属した組織。hito ga u ma re ta to chi ma ta wa ka tsu te mana n da gak kō ya zoku shi ta so shiki

Word origin

出身 (shusshin) is a Sino-Japanese compound of 出 (shutsu, "come out") and 身 (shin, "body" or "self"), referring to where a person comes from.

Usage tips

  • English hometown often suggests a place where someone grew up, while 出身 (shusshin) can identify a person's broader regional background.

Other meanings

  • originnoun

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