Meaning of 自体 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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自体
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Kana Readingじたい
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Romajijitai
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun, used as a suffix, noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- itself
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- one's own body; oneself
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- Parts of speech
- adverb (fukushi)
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- originally; naturally; by nature; from the start
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Example Sentences
自体, じたい used in context
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ウォシュレット自体が日本以外の国ではほとんど普及していません。
The bidet-toilet itself has not spread much outside of Japan.
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それ自体はおめでたいことですが、１つ気になるコメントがありました。
It itself that's a cause for celebration but there was one comment that bothers me.
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Carbon dioxide is not a poison in itself.
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Virtue is its own reward.
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第二に、いくつかのクリオールはそれ自体独立した「国語」となるかもしれない。
Secondly, some of the Creoles may become independent "national languages" in their own right.
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Hydrogen does not exist as such in nature.
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Kanji found in this word
body, substance, object, reality, counter for images
On: タイ, テイ
Kun: からだ, かたち
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