How to say "myself" in Japanese

• 我輩わがはいCommon
  pronounA dated, male way of saying 'I'. As 'myself' it is marginal: this is seldom the word you want, since it is really just an old-fashioned male 'I'.
  そんなことを考かんがえながら『我輩わがはいはカモである』を再見つぁいつぇんしました。↗

  Thinking about those sorts of things, I watched "Duck Soup" again.
• 自分じぶんJLPT N5approx.Common
  pronounThe everyday reflexive: it points back to the subject, so it covers 'myself', 'yourself', 'oneself' and 'himself', with context deciding the person. It can also stand alone for the speaker, meaning 'I' or 'me'.
  矛盾むじゅんする報告ほうこくを受うけて、その役員やくいんは自分じぶんの立場たちばを考え直かんがえなおした。↗

  Conflicting reports prompted the director to reconsider her position.
• 我が身わがみCommon
  nounOne's own self or person, as something belonging to the speaker. It suits reflective contexts in which the speaker's own self is the object of thought or concern.
  彼女かのじょはわが身みの不遇ふぐうにじっと耐たえねばならなかった。↗

  She had to smile at her misfortune.
• 私自身わたしじしんCommon
  pronounThe emphatic 'I myself'. It stresses that the speaker personally, as opposed to anyone else, is the one who does or experiences the action.
  私自身わたしじしんの部屋へやがあったらなあ。↗

  I wish I had a room of my own.
• 自分自身じぶんじしんCommon
  pronounThe emphatic counterpart of 自分: the reflexive reinforced to 'oneself' or 'myself' precisely, stressing the very person concerned. It keeps the person-neutral reflexive sense and simply adds emphasis.
  自分自身じぶんじしんでするべきだと思おもいますよ。↗

  I think you should do it yourself.

Use 自分 for the plain reflexive, 私自身 or 自分自身 when you want emphasis, 「我が身」 for one's own self as an object of reflection, and avoid 我輩, a dated male 'I' rather than a normal 'myself'.

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• 己おのoneself
• 生せいI
• てめえI