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    3. 自体

    自体

    自じ体たい

    itself

    KMT10News #41+1Ref L2Core ConceptsKanji Vocab13 strokes

    じたい

    Noun, Suffix

    1.
    itself

    Noun

    2.
    one's own body, oneself

    Adverb

    3.
    originally, naturally, by nature, from the start

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    問もん題だい自じ体たいは複ふく雑ざつではない。

    The problem itself is not complicated.

    KMT7Core ConceptsDaily Life
    その計けい画かく自じ体たいに無む理りがある。

    The plan itself is unreasonable.

    KMT10Core ConceptsBusiness & Finance
    彼かれの存そん在ざい自じ体たいが、チームに良よい影えい響きょうを与あたえている。

    His very presence has a positive impact on the team.

    KMT10Core ConceptsWork & CareerEmotions & Psychology
    言こと葉ば自じ体たいには力ちからがある。

    Words themselves have power.

    KMT10Core Conceptsphilosophy
    そのニュース自じ体たいは驚おどろくべきことではなかった。

    The news itself was not surprising.

    KMT10Core ConceptsDaily LifeEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    自
    みずか.ら・おの.ずから・おの.ずと…(3)
    oneself
    体
    からだ・かたち…(3)
    body・substance・object・reality・counter for images
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