Illustration: At the entrance to a neighborhood pottery workshop, a participant opens her own well-used purse and places its coins into the instructor’s payment tray. Beside her, the community organizer carries a separate group cashbox, closed securely beneath one arm.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

自じ費ひ

jihi

one’s own expense

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは自費じひでパーティーを開ひらいた。

    I held the party at my own expense.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 自費じひで本ほんを買かう

    to buy a book with one’s own money

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. が、同年非職どうねんひしょくとなりヨーロッパに自費じひ留学りゅうがくした。

    However, he took a leave of absence from his job in that year and went to Europe to study at his own expense.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 自費

  • 自oneselfOnジ・シKunみずから・おのずから・おのずと
  • 費expense; costOnヒKunついやす・ついえる

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