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    3. 自力更生

    自力更生

    自じ力りき更こう生せい

    working out one's salvation by own efforts

    NTNoun, Participle, VerbEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab20 strokes

    自力更正

    じりきこうせい

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    1.
    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
    yojijukugo

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    Kanji that make up this word

    自
    みずか.ら・おの.ずから・おの.ずと…(3)
    oneself
    力
    ちから…(5)
    power・strength・strong・strain・bear up…(1)
    更
    さら・さら.に・ふ.ける・ふ.かす…(1)
    grow late・night watch・sit up late・of course・renew…(4)
    生
    い.きる・い.かす・い.ける・う.まれる・うま.れる・う.まれ…(39)
    life・genuine・birth
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