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自 kanji
oneself
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ジシ
Kun readings
みずからおのずからおのずと
Words with 自
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —自縄自縛being caught in one's own trap; being hoisted by one's own petard
- —自分勝手selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases; one's own free will
- —自暴自棄desperation; despair; self-abandonment
- —自明の理self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
- —自由自在free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
- —自由貿易free trade
- —伸縮自在elastic; flexible; telescoping; expandable; retractable; extensible
- —泰然自若having presence of mind; self-possessed; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed
- —変幻自在phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
- —夜郎自大throwing one's weight around without knowing one's limitations; Yelang thinks too highly of itself
- —悠々自適living a life of leisure with dignity; living quietly and comfortably free from worldly cares; otium cum dignitate
- —茫然自失stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
- —自家用車private car; private automobile
- —のど自慢person proud of their voice; amateur singing contest
- —独立自尊(spirit of) independence and self-respect
- —御国自慢boasting of one's hometown
- —狂言自殺faked suicide; sham suicide; pseudocide
- —自己主義egoism
- —自己宣伝self publicity; advertising oneself
- —自己批判self-criticism