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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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ジシ
Kun readings
みずからおのずからおのずと
Words with 自
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —自爆霊ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred)
- —事自体(the thing) itself
- —自慢げproud; boastful; bragging; conceited
- —自画自讃singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
- —自我自賛singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
- —悠悠自適living a life of leisure with dignity; living quietly and comfortably free from worldly cares; otium cum dignitate
- —優游自適living a life of leisure with dignity; living quietly and comfortably free from worldly cares; otium cum dignitate
- —優遊自適living a life of leisure with dignity; living quietly and comfortably free from worldly cares; otium cum dignitate
- —飛込自殺committing suicide by throwing oneself in front of an onrushing train
- —お国自慢boasting of one's hometown
- —自在かぎpothook (for hanging a pot, etc. over a fire)
- —自信満満full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
- —自由豁達free and easy; open and natural; not fastidious
- —自由濶達free and easy; open and natural; not fastidious
- —自力更正working out one's salvation by own efforts; rehabilitating oneself by one's own efforts; rectifying one's ways of life without relying on others' help
- —自由気儘free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
- —飛降自殺suicide by jumping (e.g. from a tall building)
- —其れ自身itself; himself; herself
- —もの自体the thing itself; thing-in-itself (in Kantianism)
- —自社株買stock buy-back