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This paper studies how to distinguishingly use Zibun-Zisin and Zisin (second person pronoun). For the purpose, first examples are extracted from the Corpus materials and classified in accordance with whether a speaker/target is a specific person, the combinations of which are then divided into four items. The figures tallied based on those four items go through discussions while an individual discussion is also conducted using a viewpoint theory and the meaning of Zibun-Zisin. No or few examples to use Zibun-Zisin are observed for an unspecific speaker, and for the combination of a specific speaker and a specific target, respectively. In this sense, it is surveyed in which case Zibun-Zisn appears. Consequently, it is affirmed that Zibun-Zisin appears when a speaker adjust his/her viewpoint to a target and when it is used in the same meaning as for body or essence. And it is also affirmed that a speaker should be possibly specified in order to adjust his/her viewpoint. Since the number of examples to use Zibun-Zisin from a second person’s viewpoint and Zibun (second person pronoun) is limited, however, it is necessary to conduct further studies.