{"id":3003,"date":"2014-02-01T08:48:04","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T08:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=3003"},"modified":"2014-06-06T16:53:54","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T16:53:54","slug":"how-to-introduce-yourself-in-japanese-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/how-to-introduce-yourself-in-japanese-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"How to introduce yourself in Japanese? Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Tell me about yourself.&#8221; \u00a0This is the phrase you might hear quite often at the job interviews. In Japanese, we have a word for &#8220;introducing oneself&#8221;, which is &#8220;Jikoshoukai&#8221; (\u3058\u3053\u3057\u3087\u3046\u304b\u3044\u3001\u81ea\u5df1\u7d39\u4ecb) \u81ea\u5df1(\u3058\u3053)means &#8220;oneself&#8221; and \u7d39\u4ecb(\u3057\u3087\u3046\u304b\u3044)means &#8220;introducing&#8221;. If you are introducing yourself in Japanese, these are the useful expressions that you can use.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p><b>\u79c1\u306e\u540d\u524d\u306f\u3000\uff5e\u3067\u3059(\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306e\u306a\u307e\u3048\u306f\uff5e\u3067\u3059<\/b><b>\u3002\uff09\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/b><b><b>My name is~ (watashino namaewa~ desu)<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u79c1\u306e\u540d\u524d\u306f\u3001\u30b8\u30e7\u30f3\u3067\u3059\u3002\uff08\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306e\u306a\u307e\u3048\u306f\u3001\u30b8\u30e7\u30f3\u3067\u3059\u3002\uff09\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000My name is John. (watashino namaewa John desu)<\/li>\n<li>\u79c1\u306e\u540d\u524d\u306f\u3001\u3051\u3044\u3053\u3067\u3059\u3002\uff08\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306e\u306a\u307e\u3048\u306f\u3001\u3051\u3044\u3053\u3067\u3059\u3002\uff09\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000My name is Keiko. (watashino namaewa Keiko desu)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u79c1\u306f\u3001\uff5e\u51fa\u8eab\u3067\u3059\u3002\uff08\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f~\u3057\u3085\u3063\u3057\u3093\u3067\u3059\u3002\uff09\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000 \u00a0<strong>I am from~(watashi wa~ shusshin desu)\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u79c1\u306f\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u6771\u4eac\u51fa\u8eab\u3067\u3059\u3002(\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3001\u306b\u307b\u3093\u306e\u3068\u3046\u304d\u3087\u3046\u3000\u3057\u3085\u3063\u3057\u3093\u3067\u3059\u3002)\u3000 \u00a0\u00a0I am from Tokyo Japan.(watashi wa nihon no tokyo shusshin desu)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u79c1\u306f\uff5e\u306b\u4f4f\u3093\u3067\u3044\u307e\u3059<\/strong><strong>\u3002\uff08\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\uff5e\u306b\u3059\u3093\u3067\u3044\u307e\u3059\uff09 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I live in~. (watashiwa ~ni sundeimasu)\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000 <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u79c1\u306f\u5927\u962a\u306b\u4f4f\u3093\u3067\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\uff08\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f \u304a\u304a\u3055\u304b\u306b\u3059\u3093\u3067\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\uff09\u3000 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I live in Osaka. (watashiwa Osaka ni sundeimasu)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u79c1\u306f\uff5e\u6b73\u3067\u3059\u3002\uff08\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\uff5e\u3055\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002\uff09\u3000 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>I am ~years old. (watashi ~sai desu)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u79c1\u306f,\uff12\uff15\u6b73\u3067\u3059\u3002\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\uff12\uff15\u3055\u3044\u3067\u3059\u3002\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0I am 25 years old. (watashi wa niju go sai desu)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u79c1\u306f\uff5e\u304c\u597d\u304d\u3067\u3059\u3002\uff08\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\uff5e\u304c\u3059\u304d\u3067\u3059\u3002\uff09\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><strong><strong>I like ~. (~surunoga suki desu)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u79c1\u306f\u30b5\u30c3\u30ab\u30fc\u3092\u3059\u308b\u306e\u304c\u597d\u304d\u3067\u3059\u3002\uff08\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3001\u30b5\u30c3\u30ab\u30fc\u3092\u3059\u308b\u306e\u304c\u3059\u304d\u3067\u3059\u3002\uff09 \u00a0I like playing soccer.(watashiwa soccer wo surunoga sukidesu)<\/li>\n<li>\u79c1\u306f\u65c5\u884c\u306b\u884c\u304f\u306e\u304c\u597d\u304d\u3067\u3059\u3002\uff08\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3001\u308a\u3087\u3053\u3046\u306b\u3044\u304f\u306e\u304c\u3059\u304d\u3067\u3059\u3002\uff09\u3000\u3000\u3000I like traveling. (watashiwa ryokou ni ikunoga sukidesu)-<\/li>\n<li>\u79c1\u306f\u65e5\u672c\u98df\u3092\u4f5c\u308b\u306e\u304c\u597d\u304d\u3067\u3059\u3002\uff08\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3001\u306b\u307b\u3093\u3057\u3087\u304f\u3092\u3064\u304f\u308b\u306e\u304c\u3059\u304d\u3067\u3059\u3002\uff09I like cooking Japanese food.(watashiwa nihonshokuwo tsukurunoga sukidesu)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u79c1\u306f\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u3092~\u5e74\u9593\u3000\u52c9\u5f37\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\uff08\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3000\u306b\u307b\u3093\u3054\u3092\u3000\uff5e\u306d\u3093\u304b\u3093\u3000\u3079\u3093\u304d\u3087\u3046\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\uff09\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>I have been studying Japanese for ~ years. (watashiwa nihongowo ~nenkan benkyo shiteimasu)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u3092\uff12\u5e74\u9593\u3000\u52c9\u5f37\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\uff08\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u306b\u307b\u3093\u3054\u3092\uff12\u306d\u3093\u304b\u3093\u3000\u3079\u3093\u304d\u3087\u3046\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\uff09I have been studying Japanese for 2 years.(watashiwa nihongowo 2nenkan benkyo shiteimasu)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u79c1\u306e\u597d\u304d\u306a\u8272\u306f\uff5e\u3067\u3059\u3002\uff08\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306e\u3059\u304d\u306a\u3044\u308d\u306f\uff5e\u3067\u3059\uff09\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000My favorite color is ~.(sukina irowa ~desu)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u79c1\u306e\u597d\u304d\u306a\u8272\u306f\u9ed2\u3067\u3059\u3002\uff08\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306e\u3059\u304d\u306a\u3044\u308d\u306f\u3000\u304f\u308d\u3067\u3059\u3002\uff09 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0My favorite color is black. (watashino sukina irowa kuro desu)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Since we are talking about the color here, let&#8217;s practice vocabularies for colors below.<\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"631\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"224\" height=\"20\"><strong>Japanese<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"226\"><strong>Pronunciation<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"181\"><strong>English Translation<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">\u9ed2\uff08\u304f\u308d\uff09<\/td>\n<td>kuro<\/td>\n<td>black<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">\u767d\uff08\u3057\u308d\uff09<\/td>\n<td>shiro<\/td>\n<td>white<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">\u8d64\uff08\u3042\u304b\uff09<\/td>\n<td>aka<\/td>\n<td>red<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">\u9752\uff08\u3042\u304a\uff09<\/td>\n<td>ao<\/td>\n<td>blue<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">\u9ec4\u8272\uff08\u304d\u3044\u308d\uff09<\/td>\n<td>kiiro<\/td>\n<td>yellow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">\u7dd1\uff08\u307f\u3069\u308a\uff09<\/td>\n<td>midori<\/td>\n<td>green<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">\u30aa\u30ec\u30f3\u30b8<\/td>\n<td>orenji<\/td>\n<td>orange<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">\u30d4\u30f3\u30af<\/td>\n<td>pinku<\/td>\n<td>pink<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">\u7070\u8272\uff08\u306f\u3044\u3044\u308d\uff09<\/td>\n<td>haiiro<\/td>\n<td>gray<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">\u8336\u8272\uff08\u3061\u3083\u3044\u308d\uff09<\/td>\n<td>chairo<\/td>\n<td>brown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">\u7d2b\uff08\u3080\u3089\u3055\u304d\u3044\u308d\uff09<\/td>\n<td>murasakiiro<\/td>\n<td>purple<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>If you would like to go over a bit more about the colors, here is a short video about how to say each color in Japanese.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Colors in Japanese 2, \u3044\u308d\u3044\u308d\u306a \u3044\u308d2\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VnvwvPynS6M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I will be writing more articles about introducing yourself. \u00a0There are many other expressions that I would like to introduce in upcoming articles about Jikoshokai(\u81ea\u5df1\u7d39\u4ecb\uff09Stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/01\/soccer-350x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/01\/soccer-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/01\/soccer-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/01\/soccer.jpg 567w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>&#8220;Tell me about yourself.&#8221; \u00a0This is the phrase you might hear quite often at the job interviews. In Japanese, we have a word for &#8220;introducing oneself&#8221;, which is &#8220;Jikoshoukai&#8221; (\u3058\u3053\u3057\u3087\u3046\u304b\u3044\u3001\u81ea\u5df1\u7d39\u4ecb) \u81ea\u5df1(\u3058\u3053)means &#8220;oneself&#8221; and \u7d39\u4ecb(\u3057\u3087\u3046\u304b\u3044)means &#8220;introducing&#8221;. If you are introducing yourself in Japanese, these are the useful expressions that you can use. \u79c1\u306e\u540d\u524d\u306f\u3000\uff5e\u3067\u3059(\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306e\u306a\u307e\u3048\u306f\uff5e\u3067\u3059\u3002\uff09\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000\u3000 \u00a0 \u00a0My name&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/how-to-introduce-yourself-in-japanese-part-1\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":3021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3003","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grammar"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6151,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3003\/revisions\/6151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}