1.
personal feelings; personal considerations
One's own likes, dislikes or sympathies, especially when they should not influence a decision or a job.
Almost always used in negative contexts: feelings that ought to be kept out of a judgment.
Common collocations
- 私情を挟む: to let personal feelings interfere
- 私情に流される: to be swayed by personal feelings
- 私情を捨てる: to set personal feelings aside
Watch out
Several common words are read しじょう: 市場 (market), 史上 (in history), 至上 (supreme). The collocation usually makes 私情 clear.