自じ省せい

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自省する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

self-examination; critical reflection

A somewhat formal word for looking back critically at one's own thoughts, behavior, or faults; used as a noun or as 自省する.

自じ省せいするto critically reflect on oneself
彼かれは自じ分ぶんの言げん動どうを自じ省せいするようになった。
He came to critically reflect on his own words and actions.
〈人ひと〉に自じ省せいを促うながすto urge someone toward self-examination
先せん生せいは生せい徒とたちに自じ省せいを促うながした。
The teacher urged the students to reflect on themselves.
深ふかい自じ省せいdeep, thorough self-examination
失しっ敗ぱいの後あと、彼かれは深ふかい自じ省せいに沈しずんだ。
After the failure, he sank into deep self-reflection.

反はん省せいN3
反省 is the common, everyday word for reflecting on a mistake with a sense of regret, while 自省 is a more formal term for critically examining one's own thoughts or conduct in general.
内ない省せい
内省 focuses on quiet introspection into one's inner feelings and thoughts, whereas 自省 carries a more critical or corrective tone.
省かえりみるN1
省みる is a native Japanese verb meaning to look back on and reflect, while 自省 is the Sino-Japanese noun that pairs with する to express the same idea.
自じ問もんN1
自省 means examining one's own conduct or character, whereas 自問 is narrower, referring specifically to asking oneself a question.
三さん省せい
自省 simply means examining one's own conduct, whereas 三省 specifically implies doing so repeatedly, as in the Confucian ideal of daily self-examination.

自じ制せい
自省 (same reading じせい) means self-reflection or introspection, while 自制 means self-control or restraining one's impulses.
自じ浄じょう
自浄 (self-purification, e.g. of a river or system) sounds similar to 自省 (self-reflection, examining one's own conduct), but the meanings are unrelated.

Sino-Japanese compound: 自 means 'self' and 省 is conventionally used here in the sense of examining or reflecting.

Related words

反はん省せいN3
反省 is the common, everyday word for reflecting on a mistake with a sense of regret, while 自省 is a more formal term for critically examining one's own thoughts or conduct in general.
内ない省せい
内省 focuses on quiet introspection into one's inner feelings and thoughts, whereas 自省 carries a more critical or corrective tone.
省かえりみるN1
省みる is a native Japanese verb meaning to look back on and reflect, while 自省 is the Sino-Japanese noun that pairs with する to express the same idea.
自じ問もんN1
自省 means examining one's own conduct or character, whereas 自問 is narrower, referring specifically to asking oneself a question.
三さん省せい
自省 simply means examining one's own conduct, whereas 三省 specifically implies doing so repeatedly, as in the Confucian ideal of daily self-examination.

Don't confuse with

自じ制せい
自省 (same reading じせい) means self-reflection or introspection, while 自制 means self-control or restraining one's impulses.
自じ浄じょう
自浄 (self-purification, e.g. of a river or system) sounds similar to 自省 (self-reflection, examining one's own conduct), but the meanings are unrelated.