► 副詞
自然 [しぜん] meaning: self rank: 1
☆ 放っておけば自然と治る ⇨ It will cure on its own if you leave it
ひとりでに [ひとりでに] meaning: self rank: 3
☆ 機械がひとりでに動き出した ⇨ The machine started running on its own
► 成句
我 [(1)われ] [我に返る] meaning: self rank: 2
☆ 彼はしばらく呆然としていたが、突然我に返った ⇨ He was dazed for a while but suddenly snapped back to himself (☛ Literally means “come back to oneself”)
身 [み] [身を以て] [liter] meaning: self rank: 3
☆ 人に言うことを自分で身を以て実践しろ (みをもって) ⇨ practice yourself, with your own body, what you preach to others
☆ 私は米国で人種差別を身を以て体験した (みをもって) ⇨ I experienced racism directly myself, with my own body, in US
► 名詞
自分 [じぶん] meaning: self rank: 1
☆ 自分でやるよ ⇨ I will do it myself
☆ 自分の事は自分で始末をつけろ ⇨ You solve your own problem yourself
☆ 誰も自分が可愛い ⇨ Everybody wants to protect themselves
本人 [(1)ほんにん] meaning: self rank: 1
☆ 彼本人はどう思っているの？ ⇨ What does he himself think of it?
☆ 本人に聞いてよ ⇨ Why don’t you ask him/her direct?
☆ 証明書は本人が申請しなくてはいけない ⇨ The applicant must apply for the license personally
自己 [(1)じこ] [liter] meaning: self rank: 2
☆ 彼女は自己の持つ世界記録を更新した ⇨ She improved on the world record she had held herself
☆ 彼女は自己記録を更新した ⇨ She set a new personal best record
自力 [じりき] meaning: self rank: 2
☆ 彼は自力で瓦礫から脱出した ⇨ He escaped from the rubble on his own power
☆ 私は自力で問題を解決した ⇨ I solved the problem on my own
素顔 [(1)すがお] meaning: self rank: 2
☆ 一般には知られていない彼の素顔 ⇨ His true self not well known to the public
身 [み] [liter] meaning: self rank: 2
☆ 早く白状したほうが身の為だぞ ⇨ You should confess quickly for your own good, to save yourself
☆ 皆自分の身が可愛い ⇨ Everybody wants to save their own bodies, skins
自ら [(1)みずから] meaning: self rank: 2
☆ それは自らの首を締めることになる ⇨ That will strangle your own neck. That will hurt yourself
地 [じ] [地が出る] meaning: self rank: 3
☆ 彼女は上品ぶっているが酒を飲むと地が出る ⇨ She is acting high-society but once she gets drunk her true (vulgar) self shows up (☛ Usually negative)
自我 [(1)じが] [tech] meaning: self rank: 3
☆ 子供は二歳ぐらいから自我が芽生え始める ⇨ Children will have identity, self-awareness, growing at around 2 years old (☛ More of a psychological term)
自己流 [じこりゅう] meaning: self rank: 3
☆ 私の料理は自己流だ ⇨ My cooking is self-taught. My cooking is my inventions (☛ One’s own way)
自腹 [じばら] meaning: self rank: 3
☆ 会社設立の費用は全て自腹だった ⇨ I paid all the money to set up the company out of my pocket (☛ Literally means “own stomach”)
自腹 [じばら] [自腹を切る] meaning: self rank: 3
☆ 彼は自腹を切って選挙に出馬した ⇨ He ran for the election paying everything out of his own pocket (☛ Literally means cut your own stomach, but has no association with seppuku, and simply means to pay out of your own pocket)
当人 [(1)とうにん] meaning: self rank: 3
☆ 当人は全く気にしていないようだ ⇨ He himself, she herself, doesn’t seem to mind at all
我が身 [(1)わがみ] meaning: self rank: 3
☆ 人間誰も我が身が可愛い ⇨ Everybody wants to protect oneself
己 [おのれ] [liter] meaning: self rank: 4
☆ 己を知れ ⇨ Know yourself
私腹 [しふく] [私腹を肥やす] meaning: self rank: 4
☆ 彼は会社の金で私腹を肥やしていた ⇨ He was feathering his own nest with company money (☛ Literally means “fat own stomach”)
自損 [じそん] meaning: self rank: 4
☆ 自損事故 ⇨ An accident that doesn’t cause any damage to others but yourself
自前 [じまえ] meaning: self rank: 4
☆ 俳優は自前の衣装を着ている ⇨ Actors are wearing their own costumes
無我 [(1)むが] meaning: self rank: 4
☆ 彼は無我の境地に達した ⇨ He has reached the state of selflessness (☛ Freedom from personal greed)
► 形容動詞
独自 [(1,0)どくじ] meaning: self rank: 2
☆ 彼等は独自にその技術を開発した ⇨ They developed the technology all on their own