私し

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 公こう私しにわたる〈事こと〉spanning both public and private matters

  二人ふたりは公こう私しにわたる深ふかい交こう流りゅうがあった。

  The two had deep ties that spanned both their public and private lives.

• 私しを捨すてて〈動どう詞し〉to set aside one's private interests (and do something)

  彼かれは私しを捨すてて公おおやけのために尽つくした。

  He set aside his personal interests and devoted himself to the public good.

Expressions

• 私し費ひでat one's own expense; privately funded