[Nagoyankee]

It's great to see the MANY examples that Harold has provided!

I recommend that people use 自分 often instead of using too many pronouns. If you keep using 私、あなた、彼、彼女、彼ら、etc, your Japanese will sound foreign for good no matter what other big words you know to impress us. We kind of automatically avoid the use of pronouns. It's all cultural so it will stay this way. Therefore, we have no choice but to use 自分 to clarify who we are talking about.