1.
one's origin, hometown
The place where someone was born or raised.
出身はどこですか。
Where are you from?
彼は東京出身だ。
He is from Tokyo.
大阪出身の彼女は、東京に来てからも関西弁を話している。
She's from Osaka and still speaks the Kansai dialect even after coming to Tokyo.
2.
alma mater, graduate of
The school or organization one came from.
出身校はどちらですか。
What school did you graduate from?
出身校 = alma mater
彼は有名な大学出身のエリートだ。
He's an elite who graduated from a famous university.
同じ大学出身だと分かって、一気に親近感が湧いた。世代は違うが、共通の話題で盛り上がった。
When I found out we were from the same university, I immediately felt a sense of closeness. Although we're from different generations, we got excited talking about shared topics.
出身 indicates where someone is from - their hometown, native place, or the institution they graduated from.
COMMON PATTERNS:
- ○○出身だ (to be from XX)
- 出身は○○だ (one's origin is XX)
- ○○出身の人 (person from XX)
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 出身地 (birthplace, hometown)
- 出身校 (alma mater)
- 出身国 (country of origin)
- 出身大学 (university one graduated from)
USAGE:
- 東京出身 (from Tokyo)
- 早稲田大学出身 (Waseda University graduate)
- アメリカ出身 (from America)
- 農家出身 (from a farming family)