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oneself (emphatic, following a noun or pronoun)
Attaches directly to a person word or pronoun to stress that this very person, and no one else, is meant: 私自身 (I myself), 社長自身 (the president himself). It does not stand alone as a subject.
自身 follows the word it emphasizes with no particle in between. It is used with people; for a thing or an abstract noun, Japanese uses 自体 instead (制度自体, the system itself).
Common patterns
- 私自身: I myself
- 自分自身: one's own self (a very common doubled form)
- 自身の経験: one's own experience
- 自身で確かめる: to check for oneself