Illustration: After a children’s craft session at a community center, most children head toward the open doorway with their finished projects. One child notices paper scraps under the table, sets down their own project, and fetches a small broom from a nearby cleaning cupboard.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

自じ発はつ的てき

jihatsuteki

voluntary, spontaneous

Example sentences

彼女かのじょは自発的じはつてきに皿洗さらあらいをした。
She did the dishes of her own accord.
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彼かれは自発的じはつてきに援助えんじょを申もうし出でた。
He made a spontaneous offer of help.
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学生がくせいたちは自発的じはつてきに村人むらびとの手伝てつだいにやってきた。
Students came of their own accord to help the villagers.
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Kanji in 自発的

自oneselfOnジ・シKunみずから・おのずから・おのずと
発departure; dischargeOnハツ・ホツKunたつ・あばく・おこる
的bull's eye; markOnテキKunまと

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