So recently I was faced with the use of “jibun” in some text where I wasn’t sure if it was meant to be first person or third person. So I was wondering how to determine that? The usage starts with “jibun ga” but I couldn’t tell you if it is someone speaking or not. The official translation has it in…

Help in determining the use of "jibun"?

HalKeaton December 20, 2020, 5:15am 21

Thanks for all to your reply. If I am reading everything right, then the translation is pretty close. Thank you!

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