Illustration: In an apartment genkan, a young child concentrates on fastening the large buttons of their own coat. Both small hands work at the same stubborn button, tongue peeking from the corner of their mouth.

JLPT N5expressionLevel estimated by Bebop

自じ分ぶんで

jibun de

by oneself

Example sentences

  1. 自分じぶんでやりたいです。

    I want to do that by myself.

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  2. 自分じぶんで聞きいてみたら？

    Why don’t you ask him yourself?

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  3. 宿題しゅくだいは自分じぶんでやったの？

    Did you do your homework by yourself?

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Kanji in 自分

  • 自oneselfOnジ・シKunみずから・おのずから・おのずと
  • 分part; minute of timeOnブン・フン・ブKunわける・わけ・わかれる

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