Meanings
Prefix
1. self-
2. from ...
when read as "じ"
3. this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
when read as "じ"
Kanji used
self
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (161 in total)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
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
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
self; the ego
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
one's own work; making by oneself
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
self control; self restraint
one's share; one's portion
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
asking oneself
autonomy (philosophy); self-control
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
one's own army; one's own team
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
self-consciousness
as if it were about oneself
self-restraint; voluntary restraint; self-imposed control; self-discipline
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
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
growing wild (naturally); native
self-propulsion
self-condemnation; self-reproach; self-accusation
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
one's seat; one's desk
autobiography
rotation (usu. on an axis); turning; spin
stupefaction
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
self-admonition
suicide; apoptosis
oneself and others; (in philosophy) subject and object; transitivity; transitive and intransitive verbs; first person and third person; self-salvation and salvation by faith
one's character or vehicle; player-controlled character or vehicle; one's aircraft; aircraft one is piloting
self-support
to ask for trouble; to dig your own grave; to cut your own throat
one's personal opinion
lady; matron; mistress; housekeeper
for private or home use
taking care of oneself (esp. used as an epistolary imperative); self-love
one's own expense; out-of-pocket expense
one's own handwriting; autograph; holograph
self-portrait
spontaneity; spontaneous passive
one's residence
despair; desperation; abandonment
self-support
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force; JGSDF
citizens of one's own country; fellow countrymen; compatriots
Air Self-Defense Force; ASDF
self-respect; esteem; self-importance; pride
self-satisfaction; self-complacency; understanding (on one's own); realizing (through one's own ability); being paid back for one's deeds
regarding oneself (as); fancying oneself (as); seeing oneself (as); considering oneself (to be); pretension
independent business; self-employment
self-praise; praising oneself
as if it were about oneself
one's own literary work
paying one's own expenses
self-sufficiency; self-satisfaction
picture painted by oneself; self-portrait
intropunitive; self-punishing
automobile industry
self-annotation of one's writings
being circumscribed by one's own words and actions
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
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-help; self-reliance
the political party to which one belongs
weight of an (unloaded) vehicle; dead load; tare; one's own weight
wildlife growth area; natural habitat
self-consciousness
Liberal Democratic Party; LDP
one's own faction (of a party)
self-praise; praising oneself
self-knowledge; knowing oneself
autograph; signature
one's native language; one's mother tongue
benefitting oneself; benefiting oneself
made by oneself; homemade
to ask for trouble; to dig your own grave; to cut your own throat
squaring; multiplying (a number) by itself; second power
writing oneself; self-recording
the others; the remainder
law of identity (logic)
from now on; hereafter
throwing one's weight around without knowing one's limitations; (lit.) Yelang thinks too highly of itself
self-annotation of one's writings
for personal or private use; opinionated
a fire raging in one's own home
authors preface
self-inflicted injury, loss, etc.
being-for-others (philosophical term used by Hegel and Sartre); être-en-soi
selecting from one's own works; one's own selection; voting for oneself
selecting from one's own works; one's own selection
as if it were about oneself
mandatory vehicle liability insurance
thing in itself (philosophy)
one's own writing
self-management; self-imposed control
teaching oneself; learning by oneself; self-study
one's religious sect
strenuous effort
Mahesvara (Shiva in the Buddhist pantheon)
seat wind
(coalition of) the Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito
characteristic colour of a pure mineral (color)
landed and tenant farming; landed farming with some tenant farming on the side
changing one's attitude or conduct and making a new start; turning over a new leaf
olfactory reference syndrome; ORS; autodysomophobia; fear of having an unpleasant body odour
artesian spring
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
(coalition of) the Liberal Democratic Party, the Liberal Party and Komeito
self-hosting
officer cadet (JSDF)
automorphism
trivial solution
one's own garden; one's own cultivated land
regular motorcycle
suicidal ligature strangulation; suicide by strangulation
Liberal Democratic Party, Komeito and Democratic Socialist Party
drinking at home (as opposed to going out)
recording audio at home (as opposed to in a studio)