自じ作さく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

one's own work; self-made; making by oneself

Used for something created, built, or produced by oneself, such as a program, dish, furniture, or artwork. Can also refer to the act of making it oneself.

• この棚たなは父ちちの自じ作さくです。

  This shelf is my father's own work.

• 彼かれは休きゅう日じつに机つくえを自じ作さくした。

  He made a desk by himself on his day off.

noun

farming one's own land; independent farmer

Rare, specialized agricultural term for a farmer who works their own land rather than rented land. Often appears in historical or legal contexts.

• 戦せん後ごの農のう地ち改かい革かくで多おおくの自じ作さく農のうが生うまれた。

  Many independent farmers emerged after the postwar land reform.