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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
- N1自立Popularindependence; self-reliance
- N1独自Popularoriginal; unique; distinctive; characteristic; peculiar; independent; one's own; personal
- N1自転rotation (on an axis); rotation (under its own power)
- N1自尊心self-esteem; self-respect; self-importance; conceit; pride
- N1自動詞intransitive verb
- —自営Popularrunning one's own business; doing business on one's own; self-employment
- —自家Popularone's own house; own; personal; autologous
- —自活Popularself-support
- —自給Popularself-support
- —自供Popularconfession
- —自国Popularone's own country
- —自作Popularone's own work; making by oneself; farming on one's own land; independent farmer
- —自社Popularone's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
- —自粛Popularself-restraint; voluntary restraint; self-imposed control; self-discipline
- —自省Popularself-examination; reflection
- —自称Popularself-proclaimed; self-professed; self-styled; would-be; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; describing oneself as; first person
- —自炊Popularcooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; making food oneself; self-catering; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
- —自制Popularself-control; self-restraint
- —自責Popularself-condemnation; self-reproach; self-accusation
- —自薦Popularself-recommendation; self-nomination; putting oneself forward