(formal) first-person singular pronoun: I, me

(polite) first-person singular pronoun: I, me

a personal or private matter / (by extension) selfishness

private; mine

Alternative spelling of 私達 (“we; us”)

importance

one should start a big project with immediate, practical steps; start small / the person who proposes something should be the first one to take practical steps to implement it

the first sight of something / something seen for the first time

problem; point at issue

viewing as a problem