Illustration: On a low table in a Japanese apartment, a glass contains a few rounded remnants of ice floating in meltwater, with condensation gathering underneath. Beside it, an open shogi game absorbs a grandparent and child, neither touching or attending to the drink.

JLPT N3adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

自し然ぜん

shizen

naturally, by itself

Example sentences

自然しぜんに治なおりますよ。
It’ll cure itself naturally.
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火ひは自然しぜんに消きえた。
The fire went out by itself.
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ロウソクの火ひが自然しぜんに消きえた。
The candle went out by itself.
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Kanji in 自然

自oneselfOnジ・シKunみずから・おのずから・おのずと
然sort of thing; soOnゼン・ネンKunしか・しかり・しかし

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