Illustration: At the entrance of a Japanese home, a child sits on the raised floor with one sneaker balanced on a knee. Their own fingers pull both loops of a freshly tied shoelace into a secure bow. An adult crouches nearby with hands resting deliberately on their own thighs, watching without helping.

JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

自じ力りき

jiriki

one’s own efforts

Example sentences

  1. トムは自力じりきでそれをやりたいんだよ。

    Tom wants to do that on his own.

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  2. 自力じりきでこの問題もんだいを解とくのは無理むりだよ。

    I can’t solve the problem on my own.

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  3. 彼かれは自力じりきで出世しゅっせすることができた。

    He could make his way in life.

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Kanji in 自力

  • 自oneselfOnジ・シKunみずから・おのずから・おのずと
  • 力power; strengthOnリョク・リキ・リイKunちから

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