己

Meaning

己 centers on the self: one's own person, identity, or ego. It is the core concept of selfhood.

• 自己じこ
  N1

  self; oneself

• 己おら

  I; me

• 己おのれ

  oneself (itself, etc.)

• 利己りこ

  self-interest

• 自己流じこりゅう

  one's own style; self-taught manner

• 克己こっき

  self-control; self-mastery; self-restraint; self-denial

• 知己ちき

  acquaintance

• 自己中じこちゅう

  selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity

• 自己資本じこしほん

  net worth; owned capital

• 自己紹介じこしょうかい
  N2

  self-introduction

• 利己主義りこしゅぎ
  N1

  egoism; egotism; selfishness

• 自己管理じこかんり

  taking care of something by oneself; self-management

• 自己批判じこひはん

  self-criticism

• 自己嫌悪じこけんお

  self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing

• 自己顕示じこけんじ

  making oneself conspicuous; pressing one's own cause

• 一己いっこ

  personal; private; oneself

• 人の蠅を追うより己の蠅を追えひとのはえをおうよりおのれのはえをおえ

  take care of yourself before you take care of others; wave off your own flies before you wave off someone else's flies

• 他己紹介たこしょうかい

  introduction of someone else

• 克己復礼こっきふくれい

  exercising self-restraint and conforming to the rules of etiquette and formality

• 克己心こっきしん

  spirit of self-denial

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