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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
- —食料自給率food self-sufficiency rate
- —自治共和国autonomous republic
- —革新自治体reformist local government (often left-of-center); progressive local government
- —自動運転車self-driving car; autonomous car
- —自分らしいcharacteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself
- —基礎自治体municipality; basic municipality
- —自己完結的self-absorbed; self-contained
- —自己肯定感self-esteem; feeling of self-approval
- —消防自動車fire engine; fire truck
- —緊急自動車emergency vehicle
- —救急自動車ambulance
- —霊柩自動車hearse
- —自分ながらif I do say so myself
- —四つの自由the Four Freedoms (as defined by Franklin D. Roosevelt: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear)
- —自動走行車self-driving car; autonomous car
- —自転車競技bicycle racing; cycle sport
- —自分を持つto use one's own judgement; to not be swayed by others; to have confidence in oneself
- —自宅警備員shut-in; stay-at-home; recluse; security officer of one's own home
- —放置自転車illegally-parked bicycle; abandoned bicycle; discarded bicycle
- —自治体警察local government police; municipal police