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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
- —自熔製錬flash smelting; autogenous smelting
- —冷暖自知spiritual enlightenment only comes through personal experience
- —自分からwillingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
- —自主制作independent production (e.g. of a film)
- —自撮り棒selfie stick
- —自家栽培home gardening (esp. food); home growing
- —自治会費association membership fees (neighborhood, residents, etc.)
- —自由加群free module
- —自動更新automatic update; automatic renewal
- —自己投資investing in oneself
- —自尊感情self-esteem
- —自家用機private airplane; private jet
- —過労自死suicide brought on by excessive overwork
- —過労自殺suicide brought on by excessive overwork
- —自力救済self-help
- —自宅安静resting at home
- —自伝文学autobiography; autobiographical literature
- —自動火器automatic firearm
- —自分撮りtaking a picture or video of oneself
- —自己判断using one's own judgement; making up one's own mind; judging for oneself