How to say "yourself" in Japanese

• 自身じしんJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)Covers 'yourself' in the emphatic sense 'you yourself': it stresses that it really was that person, adding weight or contrast rather than simply referring back to the subject.
  ジェーン自身じしんがこの手紙てがみを書かいた。↗

  Jane wrote the letter herself.
• 自分じぶんJLPT N5approx.Common
  pronounThe everyday reflexive word: use it for plain 'yourself', as in 'believe in yourself'. It refers back to whoever the subject is, so the same word also serves for 'myself' and 'himself'.
  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.

Use 自分 for the ordinary reflexive 'yourself' in everyday statements and instructions; choose 自身 when emphasizing the person themselves — 'you yourself' — to stress identity or personal involvement.

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• 自身じしん(one's) self
• 自分じぶんmyself
• ユアセルフyourself
• ご自身ごじしんyourself
• 御身おんみyour body
• てめえI