自じ決けつ

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

self-determination; deciding for oneself

Refers to making one's own decision, especially in political or personal contexts. Often used in phrases like 民族自決 (ethnic self-determination).

• 民みん族ぞく自じ決けつの原げん則そくは国こく際さい社しゃ会かいで広ひろく認みとめられている。

  The principle of ethnic self-determination is widely recognized in the international community.

• 彼かれは進しん路ろを自じ決けつする権けん利りがある。

  He has the right to decide his own career path.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

suicide; taking one's own life

A formal or literary term for suicide, often implying a deliberate, honorable, or forced act. More common in historical or dramatic contexts; 自殺 is the general term.

• 戦せん国ごく時じ代だい、多おおくの武ぶ将しょうが自じ決けつを選えらんだ。

  During the Warring States period, many warlords chose suicide.

• 彼かれは責せき任にんを取とって自じ決けつした。

  He took his own life to accept responsibility.