Meanings
Prefix
1. self-
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (151 in total)
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
myself; yourself; I; me; you
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
oneself and others; (in philosophy) subject and object; transitivity; transitive and intransitive verbs; first person and third person; self-salvation and salvation by faith
the others; the remainder
self; the ego
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
from now on; hereafter
self-restraint; voluntary restraint; self-imposed control; self-discipline
one's own expense; out-of-pocket expense
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
asking oneself
autonomy (philosophy); self-control
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
autobiography
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
one's home; one's house
one's own room
automatic; intransitive verb
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
automatic
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
one's own work; making by oneself
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
self control; self restraint
one's share; one's portion
suicide
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
one's own army; one's own team
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
self-consciousness
as if it were about oneself
one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)
self-determination; suicide
self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent
taking a picture or video of oneself (esp. with a smartphone camera); selfie; video selfie; self-taken picture
growing wild (naturally); native
self-propulsion
lady; matron; mistress; housekeeper
one's seat; one's desk
self-condemnation; self-reproach; self-accusation
self-admonition
suicide; apoptosis
rotation (usu. on an axis); turning; spin
stupefaction
one's residence
one's character or vehicle; player-controlled character or vehicle; one's aircraft; aircraft one is piloting
self-support
one's personal opinion
squaring; multiplying (a number) by itself; second power
for private or home use
taking care of oneself (esp. used as an epistolary imperative); self-love
one's own handwriting; autograph; holograph
self-portrait
one's own faction (of a party)
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; JGSDF
citizens of one's own country; fellow countrymen; compatriots
Air Self-Defense Force; ASDF
spontaneity; spontaneous passive
despair; desperation; abandonment
regarding oneself (as); fancying oneself (as); seeing oneself (as); considering oneself (to be); pretension
self-support
independent business; self-employment
self-satisfaction; self-complacency; understanding (on one's own); realizing (through one's own ability); being paid back for one's deeds
self-respect; esteem; self-importance; pride
one's own way
one's own literary work
self-praise; praising oneself
paying one's own expenses
self-annotation of one's writings
intropunitive; self-punishing
automobile industry
being circumscribed by one's own words and actions
autotomy; self amputation; act of cutting off a part of one's own body in order to escape a predator
one's own king
taking one's own life; suicide
selfish(ness)
one's school; school one attends or works at
intransitive verb
self-sufficiency; self-satisfaction
self-help; self-reliance
weight of an (unloaded) vehicle; dead load; tare; one's own weight
wildlife growth area; natural habitat
self-employed person
self-consciousness
picture painted by oneself; self-portrait
one's own writing
writing oneself; self-recording
autograph; signature
self-knowledge; knowing oneself
one's native language; one's mother tongue
benefitting oneself; benefiting oneself
made by oneself; homemade
selecting from one's own works; one's own selection; voting for oneself
Liberal Democratic Party; LDP
the political party to which one belongs
law of identity (logic)
for personal or private use; opinionated
throwing one's weight around without knowing one's limitations; (lit.) Yelang thinks too highly of itself
a fire raging in one's own home
authors preface
being-for-others (philosophical term used by Hegel and Sartre); être-en-soi
self-inflicted injury, loss, etc.
mandatory vehicle liability insurance
thing in itself (philosophy)
automated external defibrillator; AED
strenuous effort
self-management; self-imposed control
teaching oneself; learning by oneself; self-study
suicide
automatic function
one's religious sect
(coalition of) the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito
Mahesvara (Shiva in the Buddhist pantheon)
seat wind
(coalition of) the Liberal Democratic Party, the Liberal Party and Komeito
changing one's attitude or conduct and making a new start; turning over a new leaf
landed and tenant farming; landed farming with some tenant farming on the side
olfactory reference syndrome; ORS; autodysomophobia; fear of having an unpleasant body odour
artesian spring
square root
Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito and Democratic Socialist Party
drinking at home (as opposed to going out)
built-in stabilizer
trivial solution
self-hosting
characteristic colour of a pure mineral (color)
recording audio at home (as opposed to in a studio)
one's own garden; one's own cultivated land
suicidal ligature strangulation; suicide by strangulation
officer cadet (JSDF)
automorphism
regular motorcycle