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    3. 自決

    自決

    自じ決けつ

    self-determination

    KMT8News #23+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab13 strokes

    じけつ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    self-determination
    2.
    suicide

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    彼かれは自じ分ぶんの人じん生せいを自じ決けつする権けん利りがある。

    He has the right to determine his own life.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    その国くには、自じ国こくの運うん命めいを自じ決けつする権けん利りを主しゅ張ちょうした。

    That country asserted its right to self-determination for its own destiny.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & Law
    自じ分ぶんの感かん情じょうに正しょう直じきになり、自じ分ぶんの道みちを自じ決けつすることが大たい切せつだ。

    It's important to be honest with your feelings and determine your own path.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    追おい詰つめられた兵へい士しは、捕ほ虜りょになるより自じ決けつを選えらんだ。

    The cornered soldier chose suicide rather than becoming a prisoner.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyMilitary
    民みん族ぞく自じ決けつの原げん則そくは国こく際さい社しゃ会かいで広ひろく認 識 されている。

    The principle of national self-determination is widely recognized in the international community.

    KMT9Politics & LawHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    自
    みずか.ら・おの.ずから・おの.ずと…(3)
    oneself
    決
    き.める・-ぎ.め・き.まる・さ.く…(1)
    decide・fix・agree upon・appoint
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