(しゅっしん)

しゅっしん
noun
origin, hometown, alma mater
1. one's origin, hometown
The place where someone was born or raised.
出身(しゅっしん)どこですか。
Where are you from?
He is from Tokyo.
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(しゅっしん)(こう)どちらですか。
What school did you graduate from?
出身(しゅっしん)(こう) = alma mater
(かれ)有名(ゆうめい)大学(だいがく)出身(しゅっしん)エリート
He's an elite who graduated from a famous university.
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(しゅっしん) indicates where someone is from - their hometown, native place, or the institution they graduated from.

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • ○○出身(しゅっしん) (to be from XX)
  • 出身(しゅっしん)○○ (one's origin is XX)
  • ○○出身(しゅっしん)(ひと) (person from XX)

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 出身(しゅっしん)() (birthplace, hometown)
  • 出身(しゅっしん)(こう) (alma mater)
  • 出身(しゅっしん)(こく) (country of origin)
  • 出身(しゅっしん)大学(だいがく) (university one graduated from)

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