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自 kanji
oneself
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
ジシ
Kun readings
みずからおのずからおのずと
Words with 自
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —自由連合Liberal League (Japanese political party, 1994-2005)
- —日本独自Japan-specific
- —自分なり(in) one's own way
- —自主独往independent way of life
- —自己表現self-expression
- —自衛隊員member of the Japan Self-Defense Forces
- —自宅飲みdrinking at home (as opposed to going out)
- —自家移植autograft
- —自己移植autograft
- —自爆テロ(terrorist) suicide bombing
- —自前主義(principle of) self-sufficiency
- —独自開発independently developed; proprietary
- —自慰行為(act of) masturbation; pleasuring oneself
- —自衛隊法Self-Defense Forces Act
- —集団自殺group suicide; mass suicide; arranged suicide of two or more people
- —集合自殺group suicide; mass suicide; arranged suicide of two or more people
- —自主練習voluntary training; voluntary practice; free practice
- —自己免疫autoimmunity
- —自営業者self-employed person
- —自今以後henceforth; henceforward; hereafter