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

a personal or private matter / (by extension) selfishness

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

personal, private / secret

a personal or private matter / selfishness / privacy, secrecy / (women's speech, obsolete) a brother-in-law

Alternative spelling of 私達 (“we; us”)

private; mine

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

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

Kyūjitai form of 読書 (“the act of reading”)