Illustration: At a small candy workshop, an experienced artisan stretches and folds warm sugar into a remarkably delicate bird. One hand draws out a curved tail while the other turns the body with fine scissors poised to separate the wings.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

自じ在ざい

jizai

free to do as one pleases

Often used with に or in 自由自在. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれはフランス語ごが自在じざいにこなせる。

    He has a good command of French.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 光速こうそくの異名いみょうを持もち重力じゅうりょくを自在じざいに操あやつる高貴こうきなる女性騎士じょせいきしが登場とうじょうするゲームをしたい。

    I want to play a game where a noble female knight with the nickname "Light-Speed" freely manipulates gravity.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 天上てんじょうと人間にんげんの世界せかいを自在じざいに往来おうらいするゆえに名なづく。

    It is named as such because it can come and go between heaven and the human world.

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

Kanji in 自在

  • 自oneselfOnジ・シKunみずから・おのずから・おのずと
  • 在exist; outskirtsOnザイKunある

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