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    3. 自己目的化

    自己目的化

    自じ己こ目もく的てき化か

    becoming its own goal

    NTNoun, Participle, VerbEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab26 strokes

    じこもくてきか

    Noun, Participle, Verb

    1.
    becoming its own goal

    Stroke 0 / 26

    Speed1.0x

    Kanji that make up this word

    自
    みずか.ら・おの.ずから・おの.ずと…(3)
    oneself
    己
    おのれ・つちのと・な…(4)
    self
    目
    め・-め・ま-…(6)
    eye・class・look・insight・experience…(2)
    的
    まと…(3)
    bull's eye・mark・target・object・adjective ending
    化
    ば.ける・ば.かす・ふ.ける・け.する…(2)
    change・take the form of・influence・enchant・delude…(1)
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