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    3. 自明

    自明

    自じ明めい

    self-evident

    KMT8News #25+1CoreNoun, Adjective, ParticleReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab14 strokes

    じめい

    Noun, Adjective, Particle

    1.
    self-evident, obvious, axiomatic, self-explanatory, trivial

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    それは自じ明めいの理ことわりだ。

    That is a self-evident truth.

    KMT6Core Concepts
    彼かれの主しゅ張ちょうは、誰だれにとっても自じ明めいな事じ実じつに基もとづいていた。

    His assertion was based on facts that were self-evident to everyone.

    KMT8Core Concepts
    数すう学がくの公こう理りは、それ自じ体たいが自じ明めいであると仮か定ていされる。

    Axioms in mathematics are assumed to be self-evident in themselves.

    KMT8Science & Math
    この問もん題だいの解かい決けつ策さくは、一いっ見けんすると自じ明めいではない。

    The solution to this problem is not self-evident at first glance.

    KMT9Core Concepts
    哲てつ学がくにおいて、存そん在ざいの自じ明めい性せいはしばしば議ぎ論ろんの対たい象しょうとなる。

    In philosophy, the self-evidence of existence is often a subject of debate.

    KMT9Religion & Philosophyphilosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    自
    みずか.ら・おの.ずから・おの.ずと…(3)
    oneself
    明
    あ.かり・あか.るい・あか.るむ・あか.らむ・あき.らか・あ.ける…(18)
    bright・light
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