出身(しゅっしん)

しゅっしん
noun
origin, hometown, alma mater
geography
1. one's origin, hometown
The place where someone was born or raised.
出身(しゅっしん)はどこですか。
Where are you from?
彼(かれ)は東京(とうきょう)出身(しゅっしん)だ。
He is from Tokyo.
大阪(おおさか)出身(しゅっしん)の彼女(かのじょ)は、東京(とうきょう)に来(き)てからも関西弁(かんさいべん)を話(はな)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(しゅっしん)校(こう)はどちらですか。
What school did you graduate from?
出身(しゅっしん)校(こう) = alma mater
彼(かれ)は有名(ゆうめい)な大学(だいがく)出身(しゅっしん)のエリートだ。
He's an elite who graduated from a famous university.
同(おな)じ大学(だいがく)出身(しゅっしん)だと分(わ)かって、一気(いっき)に親近感(しんきんかん)が湧(わ)いた。世代(せだい)は違(ちが)うが、共通(きょうつう)の話題(わだい)で盛(も)り上(あ)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(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)だ (to be from XX)
  • 出身(しゅっしん)は○○だ (one's origin is XX)
  • ○○出身(しゅっしん)の人(ひと) (person from XX)

Common collocations

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

Usage

Related Words

Compare: 生(う)まれ (birth, birthplace, origin)
Compare: 原産(げんさん) (place of origin, native)
Compare: 出自(しゅつじ) (origin)
Compare: 出所(しゅっしょ) (release from prison)
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Added 2026.1.11 22:40 · Revised 2026.9.30 6:00
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