出身

しゅっしん

Place of origin or background

N3noun·shusshin

How to remember it

Your body (身) came out (出) of somewhere — where you're from.

Example sentences

  • 私は東京出身です。

    わたしはとうきょうしゅっしんです。

    I'm from Tokyo.

  • 彼は医者の出身です。

    かれはいしゃのしゅっしんです。

    He comes from a background as a doctor.

Usage

〜出身 means "from ~"; takes a place or former occupation.

Related words

出身地故郷生まれ出身校

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